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Just find a good mentor to shadow, someone willing to impart from his/her experience, take them to lunch and make yourself useful to them, and they will teach you.Here some recent articles good for starters:- one to raise you up: 3-important-questions-starting-investing-real-estate https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- one to bring you back down to earth: dont-just-dabble-in-real-estate-investing https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- one in the middle: cheap-free-steps-today-pro https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- 10-lethal-mistakes-avoid-real-estate-investment https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- telltale-signs-youre-not-ready-to-invest https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- vital-importance-mentor https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- get-ready-to-invest https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- get-your-head-in-the-game https://royallegalsolutions.co...You might want to read and follow these threads:advice-to-your-20-year-old-self https://www.biggerpockets.com/...financial-advise-for-getting-started https://www.biggerpockets.com/...how-to-prepare-for-a-career-as-a-flipper https://www.biggerpockets.com/...new-to-wholesale-real-estate https://www.biggerpockets.com/...what-is-the-best-re-related-9-to-5-job https://www.biggerpockets.com/...Bonus for the weekend, my collection for starters (read the comments too, and then if you like the author, go check out what else they wrote):- stages-of-investing https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- newbies-learn-real-estate-investing https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- 5-ways-to-know-youre-not-ready-to-invest https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- ideal-vs-desperate-investor https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- how-much-to-offer-property https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- hazardous-attitudes-of-investors https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- 21-traits-scammy-real-estate-investment-guru https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- youre-not-cut-out-to-be-real-estate-investor https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- questions-new-investors-should-ask https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- real-estate-books-beginner-investors https://www.biggerpockets.com/...- what-separates-those-who-succeed-from-those-who-fail https://www.biggerpockets.com/...If that's not enough, ping me and I'll give you a whole collection of blogs and podcasts to follow.Bonus 2: 1) Read at least one hour per day every single day.2) Remember the quote by Jim Rohn "You are the average of the five people that you spend the most time with."3) Check for toilet paper before sitting down.

Also knowing the details of the condition of every neighborhood and keeping up with the RE news out of state or even out of your area is tough too.

She has a lot of good articles on BP published as well.

I find tons of articles on it, but have had trouble finding source data.

Proceed with caution.This article is very good. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/squatters-landlords-legal-removal

     I am trying to understand the mechanics/math behind a CMBS loan assumption and the cash/equity needed from a buyer who would acquire the property and assume the loan.Example parameters below:Original Loan Balance: $7.5MCurrent Balance: $7.0MAcquisition price: $9MRemaining loan term: 80 months Also any website/articles outlining the loan assumption process would be appreciated. 

@Kerry BairdMy understanding is that is ends up being living in the house 2 years out of the last 15.Normally you have to do 2 out of the last 5 like you posted, but with the exemption you can move the start date of the "last five years", back 10 years if that makes sense.Here is a good military one source article on it. https://www.militaryonesource....The IRS publication also has examples that spell this out.I'm actually in the middle of this right now and waiting for my CPA to give me the final answer.I bought my place in 2013.

I also did some searches for pawn shops and cash checking based on an article by brandon turner on grading neighborhoods.

According to the article, this can often mean simply refinancing and paying off the old loan with proceeds from the new one.