Not only can these people provide encouragement, but they all have gleaned information themselves which can help you along your journey.

If we adhere to this birth-rate theory, then we may be able to glean an answer.

I would say if you listen to the podcast regularly and read the forum posts and facebook group posts regularly you will not glean much more new information. 

Re DST's - in the end, the returns gleaned are pretty meager, and investing in a MF syndication, even if we did take the capital gains hit, outperforms a hold in a DST.

One can read studies such as this https://www.frbsf.org/economic... from the Federal Reserve in SF and try to glean some insight on short term bubbles. 

TD and US Bank are my best recommendations.I've gleaned these lenders from the kind people on BP.

TD and US Bank are my best recommendations.I've gleaned these lenders from the kind people on BP.

I'm not flipping or using hard money or even private money for that matter, but what I've gleaned over the years of listening to BiggerPockets is that private money comes through the building of relationships and to do that you must network within the industry. 

I'd also advise that you watch this BP Podcast where you might glean some nuggets of solid information which you might not have previously considered.

But, I’ll let you in on a little secret: Even the DIY landlords who claim they’ve built all of their success on their own had help.Smart investors tap into every resource they have to glean property investment knowledge.