My wife's family is planning a vacation for next summer so I built a spreadsheet on smartsheet.com that lists all of the potential properties for rent and made check boxes for special features we a re looking for, such as waterfront, pool, hot tub, etc. 

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

About 4 months ago I attended a free Than Merrill's Fortune Builders seminar and became very interested.

Use the search feature in the upper right hand corner to find information on a specific topic.Set up key word alerts for items of interest to you.If you have specific questions that the search feature doesn't answer, jump on the forums and ask.

Still no license yet, but I did make it to a real estate seminar recently and it gave me a new thinking of how I would want to go about investing.

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

For example, if you are looking to connect with other members near you, want to learn from people in a specific area you’d like to invest in, or have a desire to find people interested in certain topics, you could use the search feature here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/search/usersI really like the alerts feature that can quickly guide you to current topics that may be of interest: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsThere are a few self-contained guides that you can access here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides

A lot of forum members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold investing, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are some pretty nice discounts on many products and services offered as Perks to BP members that you might want to check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their fantastic podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.