I’m new to the real estate game.

Welcome to BP.My biggest piece of advice is to understand risk premiums in real estate.

But I think any experienced investor would agree that if you aren't doing value-add when it comes to real estate investing, you aren't actually investing.

I learned about them from a Rent to Retirement podcast where they interviewed a former W2 FT sales guy in tech (that's me today...) turn real estate investor.

They make their money off of real estate agents, but real estate agents are the worst people to make money off because they are highly unreliable and in and out of the business when the market changes.Their target should be the consumer with higher levels that they can subscribe too for data, since Zillow is linked to the MLS now which makes their data somewhere more reliable.

Quote from @Victor Patel: I have went to many real estate and franchise conferences over the last 30 years. 

I needed to find a passive real estate income stream that would work within the IRS’ self-directed IRA (SDIRA) rules.

I know many people who own real estate that are not citizens of the US.

Anybody who wants to know the real ROI and occupancy figures can check on Airdna.

You want to buy real estate with no savings, which even if you can scrape together a 10-20% down payment, means you will have no cushion to fall back on when the inevitable surprise expense happens.