As a fellow professional looking to get into real estate investing, I can definitely relate to the challenges of balancing your practice with exploring investment opportunities.

As a real estate investor, understanding both the Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) and Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate) is crucial because they serve different purposes in evaluating and financing investment properties.

That's where real money and wealth are made! 

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

I'm excited to join this community as I begin my real estate journey.

It sounds like you’re aiming to offset your W-2 income with potential real estate losses, which can be tricky if you don’t qualify as a Real Estate Professional.To qualify as a Real Estate Professional, you or your spouse need to spend more than 50% of your working hours and at least 750 hours annually on real estate activities.

Very new to real estate investing.

I’m a firm believer in that before one masters any creative or wealth building strategy in real estate investing, they need to master three things; (1) real estate PRINCIPLES, (2) real estate LAW, (3) real estate FINANCE.  

I guess it is, but if YouTube decides to demonetize you, you're done.I would consider it as a compliment to what other real estate strategies I am doing.Gino

Once corrected and on the correct path the screening went smoothly.