A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are a few self-contained guides that you can access here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guidesIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

Hello Bigger Pockets Community, I have been lurking here for the past 2 weeks and listening to the podcasts daily and i am excited to introduce myself in to this valuable community.

Even if land was valuable for redevelopment you can't get rid of them.

How valuable is using social media. 

How to Invest in Real Estate - The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Getting Started - Your how to guide. 

The most helpful so far being The Book on Rental Property Investing or the Ultimate Beginners guide.

Larger properties with national tenants tend to have strong urban core to suburban locations so the dirt is very valuable today and usually into the future.So on smaller properties with a more local bank it is a big loan to them and they want to look good to regulators so they get as much info and place as much controls as possible to CTA (cover their #ss) themselves. 

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Thanks in advance.Kevin take a look at The Ultimate Guide to Grading Birmingham Alabama Neighborhoods it should be exactly what you're looking for.

@Daniel N Pringle to start check out some of the free guides under the education tab.