There is no good investments, or bad investments.You as an investor need to decide what investing strategy works for you, define your criteria, understand if your criteria is possible in the market you are looking in, understand the risks/rewards of your critera, and then execute the purchase.While some agents are heavily knowledgeable about investments, most have zero clue.

There are some basics that I think most people would assume are common knowledge, and therefore not rise to needing called out.

Hello BiggerPockets,After reading numerous books from the BiggerPockets library and spending more time on Loopnet than I would like to admit, it is time for me to put some of this knowledge into action. 

Thanks for any advice and knowledge. 

I'm thrilled I took the initial step to get started and put the knowledge I have been reading about into actions!!!

The knowledge sharing is very powerful.

Quote from @Shoaib Ali Chaudhary: There are investors out there with money and knowledge of numbers, but no skills with a hammer.

While there clearly is the possibility to make money in Somalia, given the things like coups, islamic terrorists, political instability, rampant crime, and lack of personal safety, the risks seem to far outweigh the rewards. 

Quote from @Will Clark: Nothing to my knowledge is an upgrade from Launch.

I've been investing in the stock market for 30+ years, but am at the point where I'm ready to diversify more into real estate.I've been lurking on the forums here for quite some time and I am amazed at the value of the posts and level of knowledge that exists here.