Have a degree in Criminal Justice, life experience, and currently still active duty Marine.

You don't learn skills as a self-employed with comrades, you do it all by yourselfWhere the greatest things about BiggerPockets.com is you get to learn stuff and ask questions and most people are very very supportive, more supportive than any other blogs I have encounteredThe problem I think with new people is the focus way too much and marketing in the beginningThis is ready fire aimWhen I  was the US Marines we didn't fire one bullet and until we learn how to aim, meaning getting into a prone position we are selling her on her arm breathing, etcI think you should be spending six months learning the basics of real estate, which includes talking to title companies and finding out what the average procedures are and how can you do some creative deals  such as subject to, lease options wrap around mortgages etc.Also learning how to negotiate with sellers I think is more important marketing in the beginning, be able to give the seller a cash offer and a terms offer

Hello Sean and Trey, I am an active duty Marine stationed in MS and live in Brandon MS, about 10/15 minutes from Jackson.

Depending on your budget, I would not give up on homes in Marin, San Mateo or Santa Clara counties before looking out to the East Bay. 

If Mike Gennaro is in Zachary, I would expect that he was originally referring to drilling in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale.

The way to become seasoned is to marinate yourself!

Talk to a local lender that doesn't do HELOCs (eg, no reason for them to be biased), for example Oakland is my biggest local market so I could tell you about who offers in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Marin counties, but not Texas.

We are replacing all the railing on the deck with a white composite material, so maybe we should paint the door white too (with a weather proof, tenant proof, marine grade epoxy paint, of course).

@Tyson Cross @Gregory Hodges waste of time.. there is no way on gods green earth that you can wholesale in SF and for that matter the peninsula from Marin county to south of San Jose,, maybe east San Jose.. the east bay Oakland Richmond you can do that..

Going through the process the first time on a home build in marin county, ca.