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If I was your brother getting my REI portfolio started, is there any advice, strategies, links, literature, articles, or people to follow that you would recommend for someone extremely leery of financial risk?

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very interested topic, I live outside Philly, arv sounds about right. 

I really appreciate everyone on the topic.   

But remember RE is a broad topic, know what your boss focused on?

I work with plenty of out-of-state investors who are seeing great success here in Ohio.Read this article on the "core 4".

Insane in a market where construction costs are already highIt is unfortunate to see articles such as the AP article because they simply show one side of the story, not the full story.

I run a local real estate investing meetup group, and I hear some great stories on this topic.