I am a little late to the game and have been told several times throughout my adult life to invest in real estate, but I ignored the advice.

Like I said earlier, I am new to the game but learning as much and as fast as possible.

(the messaging/CRM platform, not the 1980's video game)I'm curious to hear of any recently experiences with it.... is it worth the high cost of entry?

But as I discovered, has no real significance to the apartment game, except for the ability to market and raise money.

With $1100 in cashflow, a skilled investor who understands the section 8 program can kill the game.

Many online courses are self-paced, so working on it in your spare time is absolutely doable.If a career shift isn’t your goal, you can still learn the "game" through various other means.

The amount of downpayment requirement insures buyers having "skin in the game". 

Some of my colleagues and friends bought millions, others tens of millions, and some hundreds of millions (or Billions) during that period.Real estate is a funny game - it tends to go up, yes, but it does not always go up, and it can go nowhere for a decade or more, as a lot of apartment complex purchasers from 2021 are about to find out. 

GP's typically have to put skin on the game.

I'm new to bigger pockets and more importantly I am new to the real estate game.