Many of them take advantage of OOS investors because they know no one is closely watching them.

Over and over this sheeple generation just sits and placidly watches the disintegration. 

If you can, go several times, so you can watch it happen from the foundation all the way up.If you live close to a store like Home Depot or Lowe's, sometimes they have free classes on "how to install a ceiling fan" or "how to paint". 

Take classes and watch videos on how to fix stuff.

Read "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene and watch videos from Dave Meyer to learn about the hottest markets in 2024.

To become an REP you have to:- spend 750hrs or more in real estate investing activities (looking at zillow, watching BP youtube videos, actual property mgt, etc)- spend more time on real estate activities than any other single area (like a w2 job)My wife is a REP while I work at a W2, this allows us to take deductions from passive investing against our active income and saves us thousands of dollars every year on taxes.

Other than that, listening to BP podcasts, watching YT videos, and reading about real estate will all be beneficial to you.

Jason is essentially the Rex Kwon Do of real estate negotiating.Honestly, you can get 10x the negotiating education by spending an hour on John Martinez's YouTube, BiggerPockets or any number of $20 books.

It's a lot of work, you have to be on the projects every day looking for issues, watching your subs, etc.

the book if you can't wholesale after this, I've got nothing for you is a pretty good step-by-step. for free, you can check out flip with Rick on YouTube or their website.