I don't have a lot to offer as far as money or experience goes but I do have time available to do things.

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Have you found them to be genuinely helpful in advancing your real estate goals?

Imagine making millions of dollars over the course of your career and then having to pay 30-50% every year to uncle sam instead of compounding that cash over time.This is exactly what real estate professionals have learned to mitigate.To reduce their taxable income, they just buy a building every year, do a cost seg, and use depreciation to reduce their tax liability dramatically.Their personal wealth snowball grows much larger and much faster than their W2 counterparts who give most of their money back to the government each year.Following this strategy as a real estate professional is one of best ways to end up with a much larger net worth at the end of your career.

Quote from @Kaushik Sarkar: I’m exploring strategies to scale my real estate portfolio given the current mortgage rate Not sure much makes sense at 11%...Ouch....tough enough at 7.5%   Might have to put more than 20% down to finance....maybe 30% in North Texas.   

Hi @Dylan Fraembs and welcome to Bigger Pockets and real estate investing!

There are several "real estate programs" out of their that the FTC made return millions to people. 

There are no "easy ways" in real estate.

Run by Dutch Mendenhall and Amy Vaughn, they solicit hard money loans (which they do not pay back) and joint venture real estate deals which they also do not pay back. 

I feel it depends on your investing horizon but I don't mind the stock market as long as you don't plan on using the money right away.