Let's just put it this way guys... my life would never be the same.I went to countless REI meet-ups, watched countless podcasts, read so many books (after going a decade having never read ONE) and I got obsessed.

After countless thoughts, I felt compelled to take action, hence my post here.I don't really have a specific question; I learn best by doing.

I am a lender (and investor) but as I lender I have seen countless times where newbie's buy sight unseen blindly trusting their "team" and they are burned.

I've been a home owner for over 25 years and have helped countless other people buy property. 

Sellers are looking for security as well -- they could be trying to avoid the deal from stalling or having a buyer nitpick every little issue and demand countless concessions. 

It's a waiting game really.

Surviving world wars, countless currencies and empires as a store of wealth.... 

In fact, I'd go as far as saying that my net worth is probably double what it would have been thanks to everything I've learned from running countless projection models--without them, I'd be flying blind.The purpose of running projection models is NOT to perfectly predict the future (nobody can do that).

BiggerPockets.com has thousands of posts and resources that will help answer all of your questions about getting started and guides to help you along.BRRRR Checklist below:https://bit.ly/3TCrcHJThere are also countless resources in this repository:https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/search?

I’ve studied countless competitors (currently working thru 30+ competitors within the west coast market that I sell in).