Reach out if you need any help, I’m local to Point Pleasant so I have a good grasp of the intricacies of the market. 

Folks that's strong in tech, financial, can easily grasp investment/trading with higher reward/risk.Real estate is actually more for real actual entrepreneur.

@Jeremy H.Thanks ;)  I remember from 2014 to 2017, it took me 3 years until I got to my 3rd house to really have a good grasp on how all of this rental portfolio stuff goes.

I must be missing something about present value, which is a concept I'm still trying to grasp.

I've met many investors who don't seem to have a grasp on basic math, so I think it has given us an advantage.

I mean I get you could read and study till the cows come home, but unless you have the experience to grasp the numbers... you'd have no clue if someone was legit or not with the data entered.It doesn't even have to be experience in real estate, even contracts or similar would help you tremendously. 

Now that we are older and have a baby we are more comfortable hiring contractors and managing them now that we have a grasp on what needs to happen.

As you can imagine, it bummed me out about wholesaling and the people that practiced it once I grasped what was going on. 

I am still very green to the real estate world and have yet to fully grasp all of it yet.Second, I will most likely start with a $200k cash for my previous property I will be selling which I will do a 1031 with to start my real estate venture.

That will hopefully give me a grasp of experienced realtor/brokers in the area.