I hate to do anything halfway,and education is always the best investment overall I believe.facts?

Chalk up money lost as the cost of education and keep your focus on the prize.

At this stage, I'm really just trying to educate myself about the RE business and this specific market, but the area of interest for me is SFRs, condos and/or multis that I could purchase at deep discounts to buy and hold and rent out.

Get Educated From The Top View First.

Think 19th century Chicago swallowing up the prairies and birthing the biggest and best meatpacking industries, lumber yards, skyscrapers, public transportation system, department store businesses and futures trading.

Once I get enough cash from that move into condo conversions and try to take my investment company public.

That means PUBLICITY!

Lynne, please post publicly what you have been doing so we can all benefit from the experience you are bringing.Thank you,-Michael

We are a representative public and the elected officials should not govern by polls and what the majority wants at any given moment.

We're tracking such things as Top Referrers (that person who referrs the most people to BiggerPockets), top forum posters of the day and week, top bloggers of the week and month, top blog commenters, top bulletin posters and commenters, etc.So, as you get more involved in the site, you'll be blessed with more publicity for your profile and your business!