If you own your own home, you might be able to start by STR'ing your own home, making and learning from mistakes and building a track record you can then try to replicate on other properties. 

Get to know other investors and learn from their mistakes.

I see so many new investors that lose thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, every year because they make simple mistakes.

Building a strong network is key, and you’re definitely in the right place to connect with experienced investors and learn from their successes (and mistakes!) 

Many people make the mistake thinking it's all about the Relationship.....It's not.

Hi Torrean:We all have learned from our mistakes. 

That can be legally done under the correct situations.You made some serious mistakes in the purchase, that proper training would have prevented.Again, Subto is legal, when done legally and I am not saying you've done anything illegal.The real solution is to sell and pay off the loan.

I ended up investing out of state in a more landlord friendly / cost effective market.First thing I'd recommend is figuring out your investing strategy (single family / small multi-family 2-4 units) and attend some local meet ups to network with other investors to learn from their mistakes.

I think the biggest mistake that people make, is thinking that investing in STR´s is some totally different style of real estate. 

After I wrote those posts something wasn't sitting right about what I wrote and realized I made some mistakes.