I'm going to say that it depends what your goals are in seeking education.Cruising these forums, you'll see stories where people lost money because of what didn't know or didn't know to watch out for.At the same time, you'll find a pervasive and powerful bias against paid education.You'll want to decide for yourself which is the greatest expense: losing money on a deal (may or may not be deductible) or paying for education to help prevent losing money on your deals (deductible as a professional development expense).

Mortgage Rates Face Big Potential Volatility TomorrowMortgage rates almost made it through the past two months without any major move higher (except those moves that were correcting the major moves lower following the China-inspired volatility in late August).

I have been listening to podcasts and now am really excited about looking for a flip. this is inspiring and freeing to know that this group of people here support you so much and are willing to educate you!

Now if it were a multi, that's a different story. 

I am excited for this new chapter in my life and would like to give a brief synopsis of how it all went down to hopefully inspire others to make a move towards making their dreams a reality.So first off I began my interest in REI last summer.  

I am calling on my biggerpockets family for advice, connections, stories, and general motivation.

Here is my situation - I own a 1 BDRM condo in a 10 stories building on 6th floor, the condo is under home owner association (HOA).

Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

In fact, you’re so ‘new’ to investing that you actually send over $20,000 via wire transfer to person’s LLC… without a contract in place.Sounds like the beginning of another ‘newbie real estate horror’ story, right?

I'll admit that I cringed a little at the start of your story.