So in the mean time I enjoy analyzing potential deals that I have zero idea on how to finance lol but I need to get better at finding/analyzing great deals to bring to others at networking events to gauge their opinions as well...  

Everything everyone has mentioned has some truth but at the end of the day you need to analyze your market and come up with your own opinion. 

BP also has it's own podcast in itunes and of course to popular forums for networking and all things real estate!

I analyzed San Jose Mercury News May 8, 2016 Bay Area Real estate News data.

So I started analyzing, driving for dollars, going to REIA meetings, networking, poking, prying myself into conversations, analyzing, analyzing, analyzing.  

I am a Real Estate accountant so I am very familiar with booking real estate activity throughout the year and producing Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss statements however I am unfamiliar with how to analyze properties for investment purposes.

I have been trying to educate myself on taxes recently because it is part of the real estate equation that I still struggle with when I am analyzing deals.

Pick a couple of properties and analyze them, then we can really help you!

Your intro will make you popular, everyone needs a good carpenter in this business.I'm new too, and would say read all you can, post in forums a lot, which helps you to network, and watch as many podcasts as possible!

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I'm a new investor looking at 2-4 units. We want to live in one of the units and rent other units out. My question is sometimes the return looks very good if rent from all units are counted, but if subtr...