Your "Textbooks"So in that same vein as an old time school, your "textbooks" are all available free of charge to you here on the Bigger Pockets platform, and additional people who post (like myself) have informational blogs and podcasts that are there to assist you in your learning.Your School TeacherIt is true.  

In the same vein you can't exchange real property with other financial instruments such as stocks or bonds. 

In a similar vein i have never included a GC/project management fee as part of my costs even though i have always run my own jobs.

I will have to pay someone to take a look because I would freak out if I ran into a big spider or something.

(Just warning, paint will most likely have spider cracks and it might lead to more chipping) But the dent part will be fixed.

The posts I write on my own website tend to be very much in this vein of focusing on the philosophy behind the tactics.  

My spider sense was tingling when I started looking at all the "necessary" add-ons. 

It's scary down there and full of spiders.

When a fresh website or blog hits new with targeted keywords and content spiders pick it up and it has a high rank.It will start going down after a few days and be off the first page.80% of searches do not click past page 1 for a search term so If you are further back you are getting minimal clicks per month.Constant FRESH daily to a few times a week content helps you stay on the first page for a search term.I happen to know one of the best marketers and SEO people in the world.He can get and maintain page 1 for any search term he goes after.

Find the local REIAs and other real estate meetings and go to them and meet people.2) Same vein tell everyone that you know and meet what you want to do so they will know and maybe bring you leads.3) Meet some Realtors and have them send you listed properties in your target area.4) Simple online advertising on Craigslist and other free sites.