At this phase of your journey having the mindset a la Robert Kiyosaki of "work to learn instead of work to earn" will pay huge dividends down the road.

I have two STR , one we have owned for 1 year a will have that income reported on our 2020 taxes, and the second is in the rehab phase and will hopefully be refinanced in a month or two. 

Currently in my research phase in being a ( near future ) investor.

This will be my first BRRRR deal so trying to be prepared fore refinance phase in advance.

@Michael Ealy Very nice success story - as someone in the beginning phases, this is something that I will be striving for!

I personally have never sold any yet - I am still in the 'accumulation phase' ;-).

What’s the most effective way to find foreclosures before the auction phase?

First Book CRE FOR DUMMIES by Peter HarrisSo walking into the first book I had an idea of the big picture but was reluctant to go the syndication route which is to pool together investors to raise capital to attain an asset.The book “Financial Freedom With Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank. opened my mind to get funding and partner up with like minded investors.I’ve been researching market trends examples job growth, new construction, vacancy rates, entry cap rates, median rents and median price per unit. 2018,2019,2020 in all categories.Also focusing on market cycles and closely analyzing the states that fall in a Recovery Phase & Expansion phase 1 &2.

First Book CRE FOR DUMMIES by Peter HarrisSo walking into the first book I had an idea of the big picture but was reluctant to go the syndication route which is to pool together investors to raise capital to attain an asset.The book “Financial Freedom With Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank. opened my mind to get funding and partner up with like minded investors.I’ve been researching market trends examples job growth, new construction, vacancy rates, entry cap rates, median rents and median price per unit. 2018,2019,2020 in all categories.Also focusing on market cycles and closely analyzing the states that fall in a Recovery Phase & Expansion phase 1 &2.

First Book CRE FOR DUMMIES by Peter HarrisSo walking into the first book I had an idea of the big picture but was reluctant to go the syndication route which is to pool together investors to raise capital to attain an asset.The book “Financial Freedom With Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank. opened my mind to get funding and partner up with like minded investors.I’ve been researching market trends examples job growth, new construction, vacancy rates, entry cap rates, median rents and median price per unit. 2018,2019,2020 in all categories.Also focusing on market cycles and closely analyzing the states that fall in a Recovery Phase & Expansion phase 1 &2.