I have messed around with a few online business models but just couldn't find any sort of enjoyment out of them(Ecommerce, affiliate marketing, blogging) I began reading about business about 9 months ago when I got out of a toxic 2.5-year relationship.

Sadly, I never really took the time to learn from her, so I've started this process with no expertise.Honestly, I've been lurking on forums, reading blog posts/books, and grilling coworkers with portfolios, trying to piece together something approaching a business plan for a few months now.

I just read this blog post https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/places-invest-real-estate in which 6 markets were scored across a few categories:- median rent: median value- rent to income- taxes to value- insurance to value- average appreciation- unemployment- crime- population growthA few people commented afterwards and highlight job diversity, % renters, and % vacancies are also important.As far as sites people use, I’ve only heard of city data but I’m not very familiar with that site.

Hello Everyone,I am a newbie from the twin cities and I have been following the bigger pockets blogs for a year now.

I have been researching real estate investing on podcasts, blogs, and YouTube, but the information is kind of everywhere.

@Hillary Rodriguez I have written a blog post that may help you evaluate an investor-friendly real estate agent in your area.

(See my blog on What you can say and not say) to avoid discrimination lawsuits. 12.

Also reading some of Mindy Jensens blogs around live-in flipping is inspiring. 

I have read allot of blogs in here on this but figured someone lost there shirt somewhere sometime. 

Some tips I wrote about here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/10145/70092-ge...After you know the multi-family space, then get to know the rules and strategies with raising money.