I am sure there are qualified people to train you, but I would warn you to have anything Pace Morby or anyone else teaches reviewed by your attorney.  

My suggestion would be to select someone with the most forum posts or most reviews.

Also, local real estate agents can also be a goldmine for off-market deals since they often hear about them before anyone else.As for property management, researching and looking at online reviews are a good start, but a real insider tip?

Building housing is subject to a significant array of regulatory costs, including a broad range of fees, permits, reviews, and other requirements imposed at different stages of the development and the construction process, with both a direct cost and a time/delay cost.

When you’re evaluating a potential deal, what are the key metrics or calculations you always focus on?

Some great resources would be here on BP, passive pockets, SEC edgar site (for example you can review Regulation A fund offerings as well as their financial statements to understand how to read audited financials).

I guess that’s a good thing.My tool focuses on past performance and calculates all the metrics you would want to know.

My suggestion would be to select someone with the most forum posts or most reviews.

Interestingly, in the past few years that I've been watching Nomad, their reviews have gone from a solid 5.0 on Google (mostly fake I assume) way down to a 4.2 now. 

., CoStar, Yardi) - these cost 10-20k a year and again this is not in scope or access of LPs.Verify past performance metrics (walk past assets and secret shop their staff at assets) rather than relying solely on marketing materials.Visit comparable properties physically to validate rent assumptions.