Like many mentioned above, my education really took off post graduation when I started actively observing others in my field, attending seminars, certifications, and actively participating in Mastermind Groups.

This weekend I was in a master mind with other companies and one was from Florida and apparently Dennis does have something to worry about as it pertains to his state.So Dennis, I think enough feedback is on the post here to warrant you either getting your license or buying the properties, because the whole felony situation is not worth messing with, IMO.Good luck and let us know how it is resolved.Chris

We're members of STR Secrets Mastermind.

He recommends building a "Core-4" team of professionals to assist you in finding, financing, and closing deals, and it sounds like you're already headed in that direction.Also, the local Milwaukee Real Estate Investors' Association should be a great place for you to get started: https://www.meetup.com/milwaukee-mastermind/

It's a good amount of work but the best advice I could give is to surround yourself with people in the STR space - whether it's through BiggerPockets, local meetups, Facebook groups, joining a mastermind.

I go to local REI meetups, online masterminds, and even open houses to connect with agents/brokers.

The higher end is more of a master-mind group.  

: The idea of this is to mastermind and share tips, tricks, what's working, what's not working, market information, all related to multi-family.So please come and join!

I had just traveled 2x in a month to meet with my mastermind group and could not make this trip!  

On the other side of the equation was Bud Zeman, once the largest non-public community owner in America, and Sam Zell, the mastermind who discovered mobile home parks as a real estate investment by reading George Allen's first book: How to Find, Buy, Manage, and Sell a Manufactured Home Community and then hired George as a consultant to teach him what he did not know and then went on to create a Real Estate Investment Trust to finance the purchase of existing communities.