I have a TON of time that I typically just spend reading real estate books and listening to various real estate podcasts and youtube videos. 

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@Robert Polyack I would suggest that you spend sometime browsing through the Bigger Pocket Podcast on their youtube channel and go through all the buy and hold strategy ones.Additionally, I suggest you look into reading "2 Years to a Million in Real Estate by Matthew Martinez" this book outline a lot of the things you should look for as a landlord/RE investor.

I would love to see them transform due to the fact that I could afford the resources around.

I recommend listening to all of the BP PODCAST Interviews on Youtube.  

I've been binge watching the askbp episodes on youtube as well as HGTV the past couple of days.

I would go through all of the BiggerPockets podcasts, interviews, and videos on YouTube, then read the top 10 books on the BP reading list. 

I saw a youtube video about the following level and it's exactly what I want but I don't want to spend that much.  

I am an investor and licensed Virginia Realtor living in Northern Virginia who enjoys transforming and improving communities by rehabbing run down and abandoned properties and making them available to families who would otherwise be unable to afford a home.

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