My step-sister who I am very close with started getting into real estate in the past year or so and after some talks with her about RE and life in general she put me onto Bigger Pockets. 

Clicking the image anywhere on that page does nothing and following the FAQ link suggests that hovering over the image reveals a link to edit it, but alas, for me, it does not.I've tried these methods on both the Dashboard page and the Profile page with no success.

Then, you can use that knowledge to eventually syndicate your own deal, or at least take a step in the right direction.

In theory they spread out costs instead of having big ones possibly hit you at once.Other risks are burnout, running out of money (usually because of outside issues, personal issues, etc).For me, I've been thinking/evaluating a lot lately the 'opportunity cost' risk of stepping away from engineering and business career to do the real estate stuff. 

@Giannina BialaWhiled a sibling is not a disqualified party on the surface, the translocation can very will be challenged as a step transaction. https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-particip...https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-pl...

The different opinions and experiences, whether positive or negative, are really inspiring and help me a lot to take the first concrete steps in the real estate industry.

Even ignoring the 'theft' risks, you have gift tax return exposure (and use of lifetime exemption), transfer taxes, no basis step up involved with gifting the property back and forth, probate risks if the 'buddy' passes away and didn't update their will for the property. 

I am looking to find some hot and upcoming Neighborhoods in Atlanta for me to start rehabbing or using the BRRR method.

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So my questions are: What are some first steps to overcoming the uncertainty and actually making my first deal happen?