Maybe you could volunteer your time, work for free for somebody who is already doing it, that will get your foot in the door and you can rapidly build knowledge and learn from that persons mistakes and not repeat them.

The accountant that I have now made a mistake that could have cost me my investments. 

I guess I voted on this by mistake,  but the answer is pretty much correct. 

I suspect a lot of these buyers that intend to fix and flip will lose money on a lot of these homes because their mistakes get amplified by their already low price. 

I'm ready to get smarter about this new venture with hopefully not falling into the 20 Deadly Mistakes!

now make yourself significantly more efficient off your initial mistakes and you'll do better. 

I think they made many decision mistakes in this investment. 

I also had to adapt: the house above was supposed to be a very profitable flip, but in the end, I had to keep it as a rental as my mistakes closed the window for me to exit gracefully, and profitably.

Buying them lunch presents you the opportunity to learn from their past without making the same mistakes yourself.As the hour begins to draw to a close, I make sure the waitress knows the order is all on one check and that it comes to me.I use this strategy to turn lunch into a “lunchinar” as often as possible.

I read in Money Magazine that one of the biggest mistakes investors make it paying the typical fees to investment brokers, so I am looking to get out of that but don't want to lose my tail either.