Join a mastermind group of similar investors.

I attended local meet-ups, joined real estate associations, and even reached out to experienced professionals in my area.

If you’re referring to the “newbies” with $10k to their name that watch a video by Pace and get excited and pay for joining, go out with their last $5k and do a sub to with a “desperate” homeowner without revealing all the possible consequences (because they are unaware of the consequences through lack of experience and lack of knowledge and or choose not to inform the seller) then I agree, it’s probably going to turn out badly for all concerned.If on the other hand you’re referring to a seasoned investor with excellent credit, significant cash reserves, who wants to add a property to their portfolio without going through loan qualifying, and can pay enough to give the seller “walking away” money because of the low existing interest rates and or, and is dealing with a informed seller, then I find nothing wrong or negative about the transaction.  

I’m excited to join this platform and connect with like-minded individuals passionate about real estate and investing.

Quote from @Eric Fernandez: Super fired up to join the community and begin my section 8 BRRRR journey!

This is literally my first post and this is exactly the type of stuff I hope to learn by joining. 

I see you just joined and this is your first post -- welcome to BiggerPockets!

Areas of consideration:- Rehab to Rental- Flip to Public Market- Wholesale (If the deal comes with major equity and ROI incentives)If you are interested in joining the team, please respond below or connect with me through Bigger Pockets.Best regards,Drew Hantla

And they have a free facebook group that you can join even before you take the course. 

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