You can, and should, read books, listen to podcasts and interview operators - and all of that knowledge will be fortified and verified only if you find others whose experience you can share and use. 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

"Trust, but verify" when so much is on the line.What To Do:Verify that everything is proceeding according to plan.Google Maps makes the distance from Granite City, CA to Colusa County, Ca (no specific location) as around 87 miles, hour and a half or so travel time.For those reading to learn, I would think the take-aways include that your personal availability to supervise and monitor such a project should probably be part of the decision process of whether to proceed with the deal.My $0.02 ...

Hello BiggerPockets Community,I’m currently in the process of expanding my real estate portfolio and am looking to establish relationships with hard money lenders who can offer the most competitive and lowest rates available in the market.I am a business owner with $1.5 million in verifiable funds.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

On Furnished Finder every listing gets reviewed and verified before it will be live on their website.

A professional that can navigate and verify permissions, usages and support due diligence are critical to profitable investments. 

A lot of the podcasts I’ve listened to said just to verify how many non related tenants can occupy the property since different municipalities are different, some 3,4,5 etc. so that’s why I initially reached out, but was surprised to have zoning tell me it’s not allowed in a few cases.