I've also never been a fan of investments that are subject to scarcity myself and feel that it's no way to gain FI.

But also, even as Joe points out in his book, the true value of a syndicator is pulling together all the pieces.  

I am currently reading books and educating myself about private lending.

Read a lot of books, and am looking to put my knowledge to practice.

After reading one of Brandon Turners books, I would like to invest into a house hack for my first deal.

If you think that the forums and the books have the same information and the same quality, do you read books at all?

I've been reading books on the subject (Small and Might Real estate investor) and listening to the BP podcasts for a few months now, and I was initially very excited about finding a multi-family property to start out, in order to maximize my leverage against an FHA loan.

@Hillary Buckingham I’ve seen some posts about a few good books for agents on how to grow your business and improve upon your sales.

With Airbnb prices rising, we loved the idea of investing in a few different small apartments scattered around the world so we would have a virtually free place to stay, and when we were not there we would make money off of sites like Booking and Airbnb.

You can view their review counts to give you a rough idea on the bookings and note what their weekend/weekday pricing is to give you another form of comp.