., yes the 2 new locations what were the Garage and Screen porch are now a game room and workshop.  

As I manage the local REIA in Kansas City I am biased, however:When you connect and join your local REIA group you get a lot more than just learning - Sure you can learn a lot here on BP, but the local REIA has training to at the monthly meetings and weekend workshops that are a bit more hands on and face to face.Second you can connect with a lot more people.  

(Sneak preview: my investing group just had a two-day credit workshop.

Be sure to check out the podcasts.Also be sure to check out the following local REIA groups.http://ntarei.com/This group has a general meeting once a month and hosts a lots of workshops for a small fee.

I also just put a 12,000 s.f. obsolete 3 story school under contract that I will convert into my 4k s.f. personal residence and a 4k s.f. construction workshop for my company.

Hey y'all, I attended a real estate investing and marketing workshop hosted by Duncan Wierman a few weeks ago in L.A.

They at the end of course tried to sell everyone a package deal for a three day workshop.

@Kendall S Jones The Chicago Bilingual Landlord Association offers workshops on various landlord/tenant law topics as well as 1-on-1 counseling:http://sc4housing.org/programs-and-services/landlords-and-renters/chicago-bilingual-landlord-association

Only experience i  have is going to several workshops and reading books. live in VA.

I too went to the workshop a few weekends ago; I just happened to find this site before going, so I went in knowing that I was not going to pay the 20k-50k.