Originally posted by Precious Thompson: Hey Jessica , welcome to B.P I am a newbie as well and recently started to educate myself on real estate investing , I'm also from Philadelphia and looking to purchase my first property within the next year.

A few best practices are mentioning to everyone you meet that you help average people achieve above average returns with precious Syracuse real estate as collateral.

If you are buying precious metals as a hedge then trading doesn't make a lot of sense.

However, I was in a situation preciously that led me to be the recipient of a similar voucher given by Miami-Dade for a similar reason.

If you travel a lot, then time is precious to you. 

Good Afternoon Everyone my name is Precious I'm new to Biggerpockets.com looking to get into the wholesaling side of real estate investing in Miami, FL I am currently reading every piece of information listed on Biggerpockets.com but would love to pick the brain of those that have experience in this part of REI

Managing your own holiday rental is great for experience and getting your feet wet, but as you acquire more properties you might notice it's becomin a full time job which eats away at your precious time (which could be spent hunting and orchestrating the next deal, or just enjoying life ;) - there are plenty of companies in Japan who can do that for you, top to bottom, from advertising through  management and all the way to complete subleasing (meaning, they pay you standard market long term rent or slightly higher, keep the place occupied, renovated and constantly cleaned etc - less yield if occupied all through the year, true, but also zero hassle and hands-on mgmt required).2.

Although there are a bunch of popular investment options, property and precious metals such as gold seem to be most preferred ones.

These things may belong somewhere on our "To Do" list, but not at the top.At the end of the day, I think there is actually a pretty short list of things that we NEED to be spending our time on (aka - these are the things that actually make money).Given this, I thought I'd post this question to the BP crowd:If you only had 5 hours per week to work on your real estate business - what would you say are the most important task(s) that you should be spending these precious few hours doing?

My investing interests revolve around real assets and extend beyond real estate into precious metals.I have had some success investing in SFHs in Palmdale and Lancaster CA, picking up properties between 2010-12, using leverage, that are rented out and generating positive cash flow.