There are training programs available that will teach you everything you need to know to be successful.

You are going to get majority institutional investors, private equity firms, owner/developers and smaller family office players.However, I will teach you the poor mans way of data mining for property owners.1st: Go to the county assessor website and search the property address.2nd: Take the owner info, typically an LLC, and search the state scc website for owner address info.

with 1 property it would be pretty easy to do in a note book or on an Excel Spreadsheet, dont over think it, its not that complicated, as you get more properties, work with your CPA, use the Software they want you to use (Quick Books, Peachtree, ect) and have them teach you how to use it. 

Utilize agency debt to purchase a multidoor investment and live in one unit (househack) that will teach you a lot!

Two ways to learn this 1 school of hard knocks, you try and learn an figure it out on your own. 2 you have a mentor teach and show you. 4.

Plus we learned more in those 5 months than ANY guru course could teach us.We re-invested the $3000 into our business and now we are able to push out marketing to bring the deals to us.

Therefore, I feel like just going all in and paying someone to teach me and if in the end I don’t make any money or decide it’s not my thing, then I can put it behind me and no longer have to wonder “what if” or be curious about another guru’s course.I’ve been lurking for a long time now in the real estate field, just learning by reading books, attending seminars, and browsing bigger pockets, even purchasing some courses and paying for classes but nothing major.

Once, I learn this, I will also be willing to teach others who desire the same nurturing help after me.

Its a non profit, other REIAs are for profit,,, FWIW.As it goes in volunteer run orgs, you learn, get help, then you become successful and then I've stepped up to teach. 

Hi Cameron,For this business, no degree is probably better than any degree.Why, because:They will not teach you how to make money in this business.You will spend a lot of time jumping through their hoops vs spending time on this business.Unless you're free at BYU you will have student debt to pay off.The positives to a degree you probably already know, possible job, possible social standing with some people, etc...This business is unique.Hire a CPA that knows this business, and you personally read the IRS rules on Deprecation, and 1031 exchanges.Hire an attorney that knows this business to form your LLC, and read an ebook about how to run the LLC.Make as many business friends as possible in the area you want to do business in by attending Real estate meetups.