Well, for starters my name is Andrew Umphrey and I started listening to Podcasts about a year ago when I stumbled upon Clint Salter’s Dance Studio Owner Network Podcast, which has taught me a lot about my wife’s (Erin Umphrey) and my current endeavor/vision of our Performing Art’s Studio named Artists in Motion locates in Schuylkill Haven, PA.

The reason I decided to get into real estate was that I stumbled on one of those deals.

I'm not saying that I don't appreciate some of the motivational content but at this point I'm already sold on RE investing and just want as much substance as possible.So, in a nutshell, for me and anyone else who stumbles across this post in the future: Knowing what you know now, what book would you start with and then what would be your next 2-3 steps after that?

@Dave Foster & @Michael Plaks  Thanks so muchfor talking through this - I'm learning and I'm sure at some point someone else will stumble on this as well and help them. 

Luckily, I stumbled onto this thread!

I know it’s hard, but I’m really stumbling on the huge amount of work to analyze one property and there are hundreds listed. 

I borrowed 10k from a family member for an undetermined 'investment' on a two year payback, and shortly after stumbled across a four family I bought on an FHA 203k. 

They all end up dead, and Guy from the Future that stumbles upon the last one wonders why the last guy thought a gold bar was worth a drink of water, since scientists had figured out how to create it from nothing, making it worthless. 

Then I quickly decided that I wasn't going to let this stumble out the gate stop me from my pursuit. 

Hello all, I stumbled onto the forums because of Brandon’s book but I’ve been a landlord for the past 6 years because of a divorce and now it’s Time to be Proactive and not reactive.