I'm located near Great Falls in central Montana.I have been self-employed for about 4 years and love what I do, so my goal is to build total wealth long-term, not to maximize cash flow for FIRE/financial freedom in the near-term.

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

Educate/Learn (Read & listen)2. 

Recommend you actually READ your management to see what it states about this (and everything else!)

@Christopher Morris, it sounds like you have a pretty solid read on things here.

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I've been reading a lot to understand where to start in my investing journey and I felt unsure why I was so uneasy with this deal, thank you for the gut check.to answer your questions:1.

Quote from @Shannon Bloomfield: Hi,My name is Shannon, and I have been listening to BP for a few weeks now and reading Rental Property Investing, where they talk a lot about BP and the benefits behind being a member.

I have read many forums and watched webinars.

I have been listening to the podcasts and reading some of the books and am excited to finally feel comfortable enough in my vision to post here.