At Bigger Pockets, you can reach out to other real estate investors while completing deals successfully and correctly.

Then find a successful investor and find out how you can help them.  

From speaking with another (actual) investor, I learned that this group operated heavily in the Stockton and Sacramento area.Bottom line: if you come across someone who tells you that you have to pay to learn from them, I would suggest to continue looking - it is possible that you may learn something from the "education," but, in higher likelihood, you'd only end up deeper in debt, or worse, in a bad RE deal that they could not find anyone else to sell to.There are plenty of honest people still around, many are successful and some of those have blogs and podcasts that you can learn from for free (although, they still seem to have something to sell you, but it is a fair trade off.)

I can't wait to send another update after closing my first successful deal.

This is a great place to find information and contacts that can help you move forward with successful deals in Real Estate.

We've had lots of success with those in the past.  

Congratulations, and I wish you nothing but success. 

     Another vote for never split the difference     Extreme ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif BabinRocket Fuel by Gino WickmanThou Shall Prosper by Lapin10X rule by Grant cordone7 Habits of highly successful people by Stephan Coveyany book by Patrick LencioniMillionaire success habits by Dean GrazioskiEntreleadership by Dave Ramsey

It's one step for real estate investing, the other step for great success!

It’s a good start towards successful deals.