You'll get there faster and easier than becoming an agent just to learn how to invest.  

Since you're doing your due diligence on this, like I've been doing an I'm new as well, you might want to research asset protection to see what fits your business goals. 

Hi Joel, great goals!

My main goal right now is to learn the ins and outs of the industry, and purchase my first property before the start of 2018.On the reading list right now is:The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing (Brandon Turner)The Miracle Morning (Hal Elrod)The Book on Rental Property Investing (Brandon Turner)Since these first posts are more meant as an Ice breaker, I'll throw out that my favourite kind of ice cream is vanilla, because it pairs with toppings so well, and tastes good by itself.

Howdy @Ivan CorreaIf you want beneficial information you need to provide more on your goals and what you are interested in.

In that scenario, your main goal is just to refi out the hard money or private loan.

My goal right now, is to find my first single family home for buy and hold investing.  

Nowadays, whenever I talk to someone to see if we can do business together, I always ask them what their goals are to see if I can help them get there.I have someone on my team who has been looking to buy a home, but can't get a loan right now since he just started his own business about a year ago.  

There are many facets and I would recommend to absorb all elements of investing and not just what pertains to your specific goals.

We both got our houses a couple years ago, but I did not use my VA loan at the time and both want to invest in multi family units.Our big goal with REI would be to invest in bigger multi family units but for now start with a 4plex and go from there.