First, in my opinion, being a real estate agent, you're either in it full-time or don't do it at all.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Anybody who wants to know the real ROI and occupancy figures can check on Airdna.

I changed my major from Accounting to Real Estate back in 2018 when I was attending Glendale Community College.

We pride ourselves in keeping the forums positive, helpful, and focused on real estate (please, no politics, religion, etc.).

As far as meetups go, you can find a lot of local events posted here on BiggerPockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a list of Chicago meetups that I can share with you as well.

🙌 I love your focus on helping others achieve financial freedom through real estate – that's what it's all about!

I don't think real estate is great there, however, as an investment vehicle. 

Henry, you’re a REAL real estate guy - we can’t just take a vacation - we HAVE to still think real estate!  

Even still, it could be said that I've still lost money due to my time on the tools instead of prospecting as a real estate agent (the cost of lost opportunity).If you can truly do 80%-90% of the work yourself (at acceptable quality levels) and you aren't sacrificing your time where you can get better returns for your efforts, then yes, it can work even up here in Canada.