Education Expenses and Professional Dues.Bigger Pockets offers a wealth of information for free, but you will want to supplement the information available here with good books, classes and other resources.

Glad to have you here.Here is a list of some solid Real Estate Investing BooksThey'll help supplement the things you're learning here.

I have a lot to learn and look forward to gleaning all I can from this site--and any recommended resources--before I start taking small steps to become my own investor.I'm mostly interested in investing for income as a means of supplementing and diversifying my retirement.

You can even get into some duplexes to to increase the number of units purchased to help you "move faster".As far as increasing your annual income to purchase more property sooner, you may want to consider starting small business of some sort on the side to supplement your regular income.

Being as they are my parents they would more than likely simply loan (no interest)/give me the money, but I want to approach it from a business standpoint A) to show them they would get better returns than just sitting in the bank and could be great supplemental income for retirement years and B) I'm not looking for a handout but truly trying to learn how to structure deals for private money in the future.That being said those of you who have partnered/joint venture would you be so kind as to share some of your different agreements?

Section 8 can be good as long as your unit passes the program's housing quality standards, but with all that student debt she'll certainly need some supplemental under the table income, if she makes too much on the books she'll lose that voucher and possibly not be able to afford the unit anymore..

If you want to own a place and use it when you want while raising a little to supplement your mortgage payment that is something you can do, it has its paybacks.

I would like to own around 7-10 rentals free and clear over the next 10 years to supplement my job.

My goal has always been to wholesale enough properties to buy & hold properties with cash, creating long term cashflow for my family.However, since I need some "wholesaling income" to supplement part time income lost last year, it's been rough creating a marketing budget that'll provide sufficient quality leads, while putting food on the table.

I have been listening and learning with the podcasts, supplementing with books and blogs.