When watching his Youtube videos, you definitely get pumped up, and I appreciate the videos. 

I tried to follow along with some other forum posts and youtube videos on how to setup an excel sheet for IRR

Before an after:Before the storm, do a complete video walkthrough of your property, capturing each room and every exterior area.

-is it a good time for a person with no savings and no experience to take out a HELOC or personal loan and buy a random property in a state they've never been to using 100% leverage because made up spreadsheet math assumes no vacancy or capex or repairs ever and rent growth of 9.2% a year until 2074? 

JV video on why your MTR isn't renting

Talk to locals, have someone take video walkthroughs, get multiple perspectives.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

If anyone has recommendations for free resources—whether it’s books, websites, videos, or anything else that could help me sharpen my skills—I’d really appreciate it.

All of these have free videos on YouTube!

Over the past year or so I've read books, blogs, and watched more YouTube videos than I can remember.