After learning the wealth building potential of real estate investing and having read what felt like ALL the books on REI, I knew it was time to get my feet wet.

I’m getting ready to install a kitchen in a downstairs unit of mine, but for code purposes it will be classified as a “Wet Bar”.

I want to get myself involved In real estate investing any tips , ideas on what I can do to slowly get my feet wet.

I live in Houston, TX, and I would like all the help I need to wet my feet in this new venture and phase.

For most of the homes the carpets alone were $3200 to $4900 plus two coats of paint on every wall and ceiling, replacing broken bathroom sinks, kitchen sinks, faucets, repairing air conditioners, replacing cracked times on roof 36 feet high, bringing in 4 to 8 tons of rocks to make the yards look nice, trimming trees, repairing sprinkler systems and the piping, replacing refrigerators, stoves, washing machines clothes dryers, water heaters, painting garage floors ceilings and walls, bringing in 20-yard trash bins to remove all the carpets, trees trimmings and trash left by tenants, replacing all the window blinds, door knobs that are broken and locks for the main door and locks for the garage door so the keys match, repairing garage door openers that are broke, repairing the garage door rollers and seals, painting the trim outside the house, replacing facia boards that are 36 feet high, replacing window screens and the screens on sliding doors, replacing entire windows just because tenants broke the window locks and they cannot be repaired, replacing kitchen counter tops that are destroyed, replacing all the kitchen doors and drawers because tenants destroyer the cabinets by hanging their wet laundry in the kitchen cabinet doors to dry. replacing garbage disposers, dishwashers and the list goes on and on.

The schools, largely staffed by teachers with no-content bachelor's education degrees and Easy-A master's degrees in their fields from night school at state degree mills, have done a phenomenal job since WWII convincing young people that anyone who goes into the trades is stupid and anyone with any sort of ambition or promise whatsoever really needs a degree in "something they love" from a four-year school.The young people with that ambition and drive who get through trade schools and realize they were force-fed the proverbial shame sandwich with a side of s**t from supposed professionals who can't teach their way out of a wet paper bag and are unfit to lead a three-year-old to the crapper, let alone guide the nation's youth, also realize quite justifiably that their critical skills are in such short supply today they can charge what the market will bear.

I'm not super experienced and am just getting my feet wet in the area, but there are plenty of active investors that are happy to discuss options and help newer investors out.We just had our July meeting but have one each month around the 3rd Thursday of the month.

I am eager to get my feet wet on a first rental/BRRR property before our home is completed.What would be the safest bet financially to obtain my first deal without affecting my ability to obtain my primary residence loan, or is this even something I should worry about?

To your point, I need to start with a duplex or quad, but I can graduate to larger-scale investments once I get my feet wet, build some capital, and start making connections.

You honstly can do it yourself.And to wet your appetite...Anyone and everyone can get this for free if only they tried and do it right.