The courses I took during that period in real estate were some of the best and most informative courses I took during my entire college career.

BP has done such a great job of promoting SFR investing to the masses, that those masses have pushed up real estate prices to where it's now DIFFICULT to cashflow right away.Keep going, but understand you won't get rich in real estate overnight - it's a long-term wealth building strategy.For the short-term, recommend joining a few in-person investor meetings if possible, otherwise online ones.

Quote from @Jay Fayz: Hello everyone,I've recently been exploring real estate as a potential career path and I'm looking for advice on the best entry-level job to gain experience and knowledge.

Quote from @Torrean Edwards: Early in my investing career, I had some success, but then the crash happened.

If you're interested in seeing how that all breaks down from an income and expense standpoint, I created this Sankey diagram to share with you:As for me, I'm planning to leave my w-2 job and take a little career break before deciding what's next for me. 

The environment now with higher interest rates and higher purchase price does make it more difficult but definitely doable. 

Hi, I am trying to transition to develop my rental income as I am in the final years of my professional career.  

You forget that I also said not to build in places too difficult to defend.

Context: I just moved to Portland, OR and finally decided to pivot careers from healthcare into real estate.

I found out pretty quick my skills from years of running LTR didn't translate to STR and had to learn a whole new set of skills (some of which I already had from a career working with the public).