I've been listening to the BiggerPockets podcast for a few months now, am in the process of reading Brandon's book on REI, and am just trying to immerse myself in all things real-estate.I work as a programmer in the financial industry, so currently I'm most familiar/comfortable in the stock market with mutual funds.

I'm looking forward to being fully immersed in the San Diego real estate market and developing great relationships along the way!

I know I can do this, but am not sure how to take a giant leap forward and get completely immersed.

Does the asset class I choose match those WHY goalsSometimes, it is ok to take a step back to super immerse yourself in the learning phase as when you do that in the front end some of the answers will become apparent fairly quickly. 

This is due to your ability to physically drive to the property (and surrounding markets) on any given day, fully immerse yourself in the town/city and talk with the locals, get a feel for where the good/bad areas of town are, and many more benefits.Are you familiar with Detroit or planning on moving there to invest?

I have been taking notes and in an effort to fully immerse myself in this business.

I seek to immerse myself in the real estate investment community in order to learn and find individuals that I can collaborate with to foster mutual success.

Awesome, sounds like you are fully immersed to Philly.

Hey - I would immerse myself in bigger pockets.

I’ve been on the site for about a month now and have immersed myself in the forums and podcasts.