You need a grounding in it before you do ANYTHING in real estate.http://www.amazon.com/Every-Landlords-Tax-Deduction-Guide/dp/1413316417/ref=sr_1_3?

A good REI club is so valuable.

In any case you'll need to learn what you're doing so you'll be relying on someone to guide and/or educate you either way so that's sort of a moot point.

Without a decent club close by it takes that valuable tool of having likeminded people to learn from off the table.

Use the rules of thumb as guides that help you reach your goals rather than stumbling blocks and failing to consider where you are headed.

Tony, I know this is probably a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway...Have you used the "Apartment Guide" in your area?

Stuff he's never seen but has been glad to deal with because he becomes that much more valuable of an attorney as I do an investor.So I say pursue this providing you are released of liability, it won't take up all or too much of your time and you don't have to put much money out.

I'm glad you're finding the site to be a valuable resource.

Back to Shane's hijack for a minute:You aren't getting the time of day because you aren't valuable to anyone.

BUT, the training was so much more valuable to me because I had the real world experience to bring to class, and ask about and really tap into the power of the software.