I always advise people to have a solid grasp of what their goals are before moving forward on a strategy.

The population of Cleveland has decreased every decade for the past 50 years; so it is very important to grasp an understanding of location population trends.Good luck.

If you are part time I would say no but my wife had not been working for two years and it also helped us get a grasp on a new marker wemoved into plus real estate professional status helps with alot of writeoffs.

The out of state markets confuse me since I am so new to this, I’m still trying to get a grasp of what’s a deal,  what’s fair etc. 

I've done a lot of researching here, and everything I've read is extremely valuable, but it's difficult to convince myself that I've totally grasped the situation without getting any feedback.

There are very few rehabs that are only going to take $5-10k to get it fully rehabbed so you need to account for more and many times $25k won't work but that along with $65% of the ARV will get you in the ballpark.Any online website that gives you sold information is fine but a realtor would probably help you out a lot until you get a better grasp of it.

However, as of recent, I have started to dive in REI world, trying to get a grasp of all that there is to learn and identifying what specifically I want for myself.

He or your 1031 exchange company should have a in depth grasp on the positives and negatives of a DST.

Being a newbie, I kind of get the grasp of your second point, but would love to go more in depth about it.

If you have been doing this since '09 you should have a pretty good grasp on wholesaling and rehabbing by now.