The answer depends on so many factors including but not limited to: age, risk tolerance, job type, job income, job stability, long-term goals, education, type of market you will invest in, current savings rate, cash reserves, etc, etc. 

I work at a nonprofit in adult education and will be graduating with an MA in TESOL next month.

All that being said I am constantly learning, educating myself in RE and not scaling too quickly.

I would like to educate myself before talking with them.

If you were to make it a habit, the CRA will catch-on fairly quickly.3) If this is your first extensive rehab be prepared (secondary projections) for things to take 2-3 times longer than you think up-front (this is part of the cost of education).  

It is pure networking, which is a great way to get 20-30 new, mostly educated opinions about sub markets within Chicago. 

And we have a lot of those types of flippers in the city... dumb money that pays too much for things.Have you visited the education tab here on the site?

 Education.  

Simmons, owner of KCS, PC, and certified public accountant for over 25 years, is known for telling it like it is while also educating those who seek to grow and improve their businesses.

Yes I will have to get over my fear of OOS investing; trying to educate myself ways / system to mitigate that.