'How I Lost Money in Real Estate Before It Was Fashionable: A Cautionary Tale' by JL Collins (This book is on how you can lose money in real estate)These are some books that will help you set a basic backbone for real estate investing.

People keep talking about how unique stays, Instagramable moments etc as the only way you will eventually make any money.

It would truely be a fairy tale world to have zero vacancy and maintenance over time :-)In the Mentoring programs we put together the individual plan needed depending on your planned hold time 1 year is very different from 10 years as Joel discusses above.In Multifamily the key is knowing your operational costs and raising enough funds up front to make sure all maintenance and capital expenditure budgets are conservative (meaning over funded) and that this all works with the real numbers based on what you are capable of doing with the property. again, Joel is right on target.Often buyers of both single family and multifamily forget the importance of on-going skillful operations.

Hello BP community!It is great to have found a REI community with such rave reviews!The decision and goal is to acquire my first investment property this year. I've attended numerous local meetups, began building my d...

We are all on Facebook, Instagram and on our phones/computers.

@Chris Green everyone else above has added great advice to the situation overall, so I figured I'd just chime in with my two cents and a tale of my own experience in finding tenants willing to overlook my less than ideal parking situation that will hopefully bring you some sense of optimism for future tenant searches. 

I also do some simple Facebook / Instagram marketing.

A tale for a different thread.

I just say go in knowing how to 1.) treat people well and 2.) understand different types of demographics and not be so tense about working with them or stereotyping them.But, the links posted really do tell really good stories, with photos, as well as tell the tale of the beginning of the Sub30k movement here on BP  :-)Good luck!

Does she have a Facebook page or instagram account you can check out to get a feel for their lifestyle and priorities?