I already have a feeling that most of the comments are going to swim around the lines of, "Focus on school first" or "Learn as much as you can while you're young."

I'm focusing on Chicago area commercial estate because I'm familiar with the city.

My name is Peg Graveline and I am also very interested in doing build up construction focusing on the need for assisted living facilities.

Jennifer Brown It's a little labor intensive, but I just focus on properties in the specific areas that I like.

I work in marketing with a private money lender who focuses on lending for rehab projects.

For you first larger multi-family property, I would focus on areas that have proved to have rent stability, overall low capital improvement requirements, and a record of property appreciation over simply going for a property that gives you the largest forecast returns.  

Keep in mind as well that the news will focus on the trouble areas.

Of course roofing and year of ac unit matters, but do investors really focus on the age of the house?

I'm also looking to do some flips, but my primary focus is BRRRR.Thanks!

My one struggle is that after watching plenty of videos reading the books and doing research, I feel like I don't know where to focus my new knowledge, and how to get that first deal in motion.