Ok, now that you have taken your initial step, below are some quick links to get engaged.You mentioned an interest in buy and hold properties, so, I added a link below while you wait for feedback to determine where you are going to invest.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/02/22/buying-rental-property/ (how to buy a rental property) http://www.biggerpockets.com/startherehttp://www.biggerpockets.com/meetSetting up Keyword AlertsHow to Use @Mentions on BiggerPocketshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/ruleshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/inviteshttps://www.udemy.com/biggerpockets-real-estate-investing-course/ (video with 64 lectures and approx 6hrs of material)https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing (Ultimate beginner's guide to REI)REI can be very daunting, but, before you go searching for that 1st buy, please take a few minutes to bone up on the tips in link below.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/12/19/real-estate-investing-success-smart-tips/REI books suggested by BPershttps://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/11/13/7-real-estate-books-beginner-investors/ (7 absolute must read books for beginner REI)http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/14/best-real-estate-books/?

@Ryan KittrellI am not one to lecture anyone about their business, but tying up a property with no intention to buy or no list of persons to purchase is not a practice one should really undertake as it is a great disservice to the seller of the property.

I've personally been to seminars in the past where I heard the lecturer promote ideas that would be 100% prohibited by IRS rules - but it sure sounded like that IRA was free money that folks could use as part of their new get rich quick business and had the room excited.  

@David BegleyHaha, I go lecturing on knowing numbers and do my math wrong!

And some of it is due to the nature of the Asset Class of Real Estate (I could lecture on this one for hours).

Does anyone have any taped lectures or transcripts from any calrton sheets aor Robert Allen Enlighten Wealth Institute seminars.

The tweets did not mention anything about the bull market.Again, you're lecture could be directed to the taxing entities just as easily as to landlords. 

I won't lecture, I think you know all the problems that got you here...

It was definitely not by making me endure lectures about our shared financial future.

The judge lectured them that their “book keeping practices were negligent at best and their attitude about it appalling”.