Hello Ketuckiana people,I'm Matt, a local teacher, and I'm looking to buy my first buy and hold investment property this summer, and I plan to house hack for the first year.

From what I here on the Bigger Pockets podcast these forums are full of teachers and learners.

Like you, we have a large family (six total), and like you we only had one income (teacher salary). 

My wife and I are teachers and currently remt rather than own a primary.

I am active duty military on the enlisted side and my wife is a school teacher.

Robert  all the on line sellers of information.. are teachers and your the student.. they sell their advice and or information.. they are not going to give it away.. although the industry has all mirrored itselfeach guru or information seller acts the exact same way.give something for free.. then do a 3 day training for a nominal amountall with the goal to sell their full package of info for whatever the market will bear.. the more successful sellers of info.. can get 30 to 50k from clients for their info.. lessor known or those with smaller marketing budgets may only get 3 to 15k.there is no real secret sauce to real estate.. it seems to be an industry over run with the idea that you can get seriously rich in a short amount of time.. ( which is probably hyperbole)  well not probably it is.you can go on E bay and buy any of the guru's written material for pennies.. you may want to try that.but other than that your experience is what the industry is... bait and switch high pressure sales tactics and selling the same information that has been around for decades... think of MLM  and how they market those companies.. this is the same back end marketing comp;anies fronting for these RE  information sellers.. same process's  they are tried and proven to work on the mass's.

History is the best teacher.  

That said, some careers require degrees: teachers, doctors.

I read a lot of articles before buying my first rental so I kind of knew what I was getting into but the real world experience has been a good teacher to.

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