I have an MBA with an emphasis in finance, and personal finance is a hobby of mine, so while I'm comfortable with many of the concepts I'm learning about, my wife has fairly low financial literacy and next-to-no investment/real estate literacy.I've "assigned" her Rich Dad, Poor Dad, not necessarily because I think it's the best book ever (there were a number of concept presentations that didn't really resonate with me), but because it seemed like a very adequate beginner's primer for financial mindset shifting.What I would really appreciate is if someone could recommend a book or two, or a couple of specific podcast episodes, that I can give to my wife so that she can start learning enough to be involved in some of the decision-making process.Thank you to everyone for the helpful advice given on these forums; it's been a great resource for me, and I hope we'll get to the point where it's a great resource for my wife.

The emphasis being NEW.  

I don't have an assistant, but during new agent onboarding at my brokerage they put heavy emphasis on unlicensed persons performing licensee duties.

With an emphasis on traveling nurses.Where do I start?

I would say real estate is an excellent vehicle and you should be putting a lot of emphasis on growing your portfolio.

What made the biggest difference in cashflow was creating systems in place with an emphasis on automation.

While there is info as well about dealing with property once you own it that seems to be of a somewhat lesser emphasis at least on the blogs/posts that I seem to notice.  

So maybe your guy is one of those.All that said, if you've had multiple reputable contractors - emphasis on reputable, make sure they're that - tell you they'd skip a permit on your job in that particular area, with that set of circumstances, I'd be a lot more likely to listen to them than a bunch of internet strangers (me included).

Do see a more emphasis put on bring the city life back as you see developments happening in Central West End and Downtown area.

Emphasis mine.