People can certainly be successful with BIFLI decisions but for the rest of us a road map is the best way to get to a place that you have never been to before.

I am aiming at 25 rentals by 2019 with a very specific road map, i am ahead of my schedule and very happy with my new adventure.I specialize in a niche and area (thanks to great advice) and will continue that way unless a major market change.Voila!

( a must in this business)Building power TEAMS ( only as good as the team we build around us)Mentors ( to truly understand this word and why)Your WORD and why it is so IMPORTANTCredit, Reserves & Credit line( things that will help knowing while starting )GOALS / Roadmap / Accountability PartnerHEALTH!

I have found them to provide a roadmap so to speak and I do my own legwork to get local prices in my area (I am not a virtual investor). 

Account Closed I am so glad that you asked me this question as it forced me to pull out a pad and a pen and actually write down my road map (I have a bad habit of not writing down my goals and just keeping them in hindsight which sometimes, they end up getting lost; in hindsight).  

What was interesting to my husband and I was not really the "education" piece per say, but they talked about having access to:1) preferred lenders who lend at rates of 1-3% vs. the hard money lenders at 10%+. 2) Supposed teams of contractors & other investors3) a group who analyzes your deal before purchase - submitted on a "road map" in the software they provide you4) they also said if you do your 1st deal in 90 days and do a testimonial, you get a full refund. 

Here's what I got:   Mortgage lending services for LLCs are still on Tribevest's roadmap for 2023.

@Jesse Bryant I'd recommend  you obtain a copy of the MN landlord tenant laws. this is going to be your road map for your rentals.  

Truth be told, I think we could all but hand-out road map's on it and still people wouldn't get it, telling us "oh, but the whole real estate market is about to collapse any-day-now, oh yeah, big discount's coming, 30, 40, 50%+ off".... uh-huh, yup, sure it is, ok, you have fun with waiting for that. 

Its a rough estimate, but I think it's a goof road-map.