Since you're just starting, the best approach is to focus on learning and networking while planning your first project.Watching videos is a great foundation, but hands-on experience is where you’ll really grow.

They even showed us a TED Talk video and asked us to write down "Before I die, I will..."

Making memories with family and friends for pictures and videos become what is most treasured as people get older and more life experience.

They also provide training videos and webinars.

@Randall Alan Mark Zandi, one of my go-to economists, has also said that the rates should settle between 5.5-6% (https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/11/27/mortgage-rates-will-se...).

There are plenty of video reviews and Bigger Pockets comments on his website if you scroll to the bottom.

They've become a sort of extended family.Otherwise, I had done wholesale acquisitions and a live-in flip.I have a YouTube channel with a few videos that discuss house hunting, nuances of buying real estate in Italy and show some of our renovation process. 

I agree with @Jake Andronico get clarity on what your end goal is.

Thats some solid advice I've been reading up and listening to youtube videos talking about the exact thing for providing the benefits such as "A larger refundable deposit?

My advice to them is you really need to know construction and walk properties (not just look at videos and photos), know the area, have an unbiased local investor do a walk through (if you can't fly there in person), and how to read inspection reports and get a sewer line scope.