Once you have ran through about 3 months or so of this and penciled out 50-100 deals for fun, I would talk to a local agent and start the process of looking.

Among other things, you can actually talk with someone if you need to!

That would do what you are talking about and more.

One might even invite you to visit one of their projects to talk about it in detail and give you a peek behind the scenes. 

No 'press 1 to talk to our sales team, press 2 to...' sort of thing. 

You can get most of what he talks about for free on YouTube.

We have a member round table discussion on Fridays at 9 am cst.And we have a calendar of events with events from area landlord groups and member meetups.While we are still on zoom we do try to find ways to still be able to connect and talk with each other so our events are not all just another webinar with people talking at you.Hope to connect.

In Nashville our Airbnb Facebook page was talking about how none of us were getting bookings.

We worked this out with our CPA and this was his recommendation so i recommend starting with 1 account and as you grow and scale talk to your CPA and banker to see what they are seeing other investors do and what they recommend for your situation

Are they realistic for someone just starting out in REI like me, or do they come with major risks that aren’t always talked about?