Another book I would add to the list is the 4-hour workweek by Tim Faris, it's more about business and is a down and dirty guide on how to implement systems, and how your life will be consumed by your business if you.Again, welcome! 

I've been lurking on these forums and consuming all the great resources BiggerPockets has to offer for over five years.

Houses like this typically consume 40% of the rent in operating expenses, and you self-manage to capture the 10% management fee yourself. 20 houses @$50K each = $1 M.  

@Melissa R. figure out how you best consume information first, then go and find the information available there.Could be books, podcasts, audio books, videos on YouTube & social media, could be meetups/small groups, could be 1 on 1 meetings, etc.Then find the person/people you resonate with and see if they have information in that medium and start consuming.

I’ve already used the free sites like fastpeoplesearch and a lot of the numbers are wrong, there are multiple people who share the same names, and it’s very time consuming having to look into tax records and llc searches.

I’ve already used the free sites like fastpeoplesearch and a lot of the numbers are wrong, there are multiple people who share the same names, and it’s very time consuming having to look into tax records and llc searches.

I mean it was time consuming. 

A retailer is just like other renter consumers.

I am on the consumer end of boarding house style rentals (for my sons) and cleaning was done in 3 of 4 cases by the landlord.

Enough to cover down payment and reservesTop 5 Difficulties of Rental Property Investing Building wealth takes time It can be all-consuming thinking about it constantly although, the business will run how you will set it up to run You have to deal with difficult people Contractors, tenants, bankers, the property manager (screen tenants VERY well) You can limit your exposure to difficult people by setting up the business you want by doing due diligence upfront, like finding a great contractor or property manager, screening tenants exceptionally well.