It seems there’s a common misconception largely influenced by social media, online courses, and influencers who oversimplify the process that real estate is an easy, passive way to generate income with minimal effort.

I'm amazed at the number of people I see online who believe they'll get rich by giving their money to someone else or by jumping into real estate with no knowledge and no game plan. 

It appeals to desperation on both sides of the transaction, which also makes it a great online class to sell... 

You might learn to shoot pool in a pool hall, you might not learn the professional rules of the game, that might mean you can't really win in a real pool match. 

And if you're not already using the same paint color on all properties, you should start and you can thank me for this tip later.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

I am new in this game and here to learn everything.

Instead of piecing together information from random online sources, you get a cohesive learning experience.4.

🙏☺️ I completely understand where you’re coming from & you’re right that owning real estate is a key step toward truly being an investor.I’m still new to the game, but I have a solid plan in place to move toward ownership & establish myself as a real estate investor.

Sometimes you get lucky.You could even bring up the subject of seller financing (search online for ideas of how to structure a seller financed offer), and make sure a competent real estate attorney helps write the offer documents (if it gets that far).