Hi all, I think I'm a "novice" level investor, My wife & I own 2 urban rental buildings with a total of 9 units including my own, the older for 14 years.

I'm a novice Real Estate investor.

It's tough to find good information for novices on DSTs and Leslie's book does a great job of explaining the benefits of 1031s and DSTs in a way that's easy to understand.

To a novice, it sounds like a good deal.

I'm a 23yo resident of my hometown of Lafayette, LA, where I work full-time in engineering for the upstream oil & gas sector.I am a novice in the world of real estate with particular interest in SFR and/or multi-family rental properties.

Here's the idea: Investment $480,000.00 Down Pay 20% $96,000.00 Total debt $384,000.00 Debt pay /6yr $64,000.00 Debt pay /mo $5,333.33 Rent /mo -$3,200.00 Liabilities $2,133.33 Again, I'm a novice at this.

My questions is: what advice would you give to a novIce “Bob” with little free time but defined goals?

Novices rush out to buy the first house that they see.

I understand that what I do is creative real estate investing but I know that because I am a novice someone may know what works better.

I got the offer accepted but as a novice (property #2 - first duplex) I am second guessing the decision because I broke my own rule of not getting a "deal".