I need some practice with something "easier" before I go full bore.If you've read "The richest man in Babylon", it says that a good investment is one where your principal is safe. 

If you have no idea of where you even want to start, go online to Redfin, search FSBOs in your county or zip code and start there.

Good to hear from someone on this side of the pond :)Is are any where to look for cases studies of identifying good deals that I can actually practice with?

My practice is in Brunswick, but my real estate is in Brunswick, Topsham, and soon to be Lisbon.

So I've been looking through different websites searching for multi-family properties and practicing to analyzing them using the BP rental calculator and every calculation I've done is nothing close to a deal.

best practice? 

The practice will furnish their own chairs, wall fixtures...basically providing the vanilla shell.  

Plus...escape velocity...Episode 113 – Jay Papasan - Very practical slow and steady adviceEpisode 221 - Tim Shiner - his concept of equity build up and "shearing the sheep" shows some of the flexibility of real estate vs a 401k Last but not least, I also recommend all the tax advice given by my fellow CPAs on the BP Podcast.

Currently studying at youtube university and trying to furnish myself with practical info to enter in real estate investing.

Honestly just looking for best practices when investing with partners and mitigating risk for high net worth individuals.