Good luck to you, I will watch the thread for other posts with personal experiences.Chad 

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

Over the past two months, and really two years, I have been watching and waiting to see when rising inventory and higher rates will finally affect the Valdosta real estate market.

People can watch/listen to podcasts, but the only way to get into RE is making that leap.Just shot you a message!

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

You will have to verify those yourselves to ensure you end up with correct operating expenses.Quote from @Andrew Newcomb: Just following up on this in case anyone is still following:I learned about "cap rate" and "cash on cash" metrics in the BP learning articles and watched a couple vids on the BP rental calculator showing how it calcs those metrics for a prop (you have to add the details like loan info, expenses, etc). very cool tool.

From the videos I watched and everything I read I think RESimpli does a good job of that.

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

I've read numerous guides and watched many YouTube videos, so I have a good theoretical understanding, but I'm still unsure about the best way to start investing in U.S. real estate.My plan is to begin with long-term rental properties and then eventually move into flipping and the BRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy.

I chuckled watching this:www.instagram.com/raddcompanies/reel/C0MpPY_M3Z-/ @Chris Seveney  we see lots posts about the mendenhall family and since dutch is ceo and his brother left company etc.