Considering I'm basically brand new to REI, if I were to NEVER question or pursue options I don't already understand, I'd NEVER get anything done. 

From a high-level that process is: - know your goal and reason why - know the terminology - know how to run the #s - know how to find the good market and submarkets - build a brand - find team members - find investors - find deal - do right due diligence on deal -  close and do asset mgmt Investing in someone else's deal will be a little helpful just to see the process but I think the better approach would be to align yourself with the right people to help you work through the process I outlined above. 

welcome my fellow Louisianian, wish you the best of luck within the BP community, please utilize the platform to spread your brand looking forward to hearing about the wonderful things that you have up your sleeve in the lake charles area!.....

Madison has one that meets twice a month which you could check out at www.madisonreia.com  They have about 60 investors meet at any given meeting and typically about 10 brand new investors will peek their head in each month.

 My name is David Doheny and I'm brand new to real estate.   

Hello Michael, I am a brand new member with one rental  property down in Venice and looking now for the next one in the Tampa area.

Joseph County, branded the South Bend Region, is located in North Central Indiana, with a population of 267,618 people.

At this point, we feel they are expecting everything to feel brand new (their previous apartment was in a brand new complex) and it just won't feel that way in a house that was built in the 1960's.

I apologize ahead of time if my terminology is not so good, I am brand new to this. 

I'm brand new to real estate investing.