Real estate, like other things has a snowball effect.

It depends on what you want to invest in.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.

Local real estate agents are saying open it up still as the opening seems too small and makes the space feel cramped. 

You want a bookkeeper that specializes in real estate.

getting tighter but things may be changing soon depending on what the new prez does.  

If we include investments in mortgage loans (trust deeds), real estate partnerships, REITs as well as direct property ownership, I’m at about 80%.  

Get out and meet some other investors at meetups and that will help you curate what some of those ideas would be like in real life, with the input of others who have done it.

It's a range and depends on the property type, location, end condition and rental strategy. 

Neighborhoods to invest in is a more subjective topic as that is often dependent on the type of investment you're interested in, your price point and even the type of tenants, if that's the route your going,  that you are trying to attract.