I enjoy reading the forums, there are certainly a lot of knowledgeable people, some amazing achievements, and a whole range of ideas, solutions and case studies.  

There is allot you can do with properties without buying them by studying and researching properties and the real estate market in general in your area.

I am also very new to Real Estate but the way I KINDA found my niche is by studying some of the ways it can be done like flipping, wholesaling, Buy and Hold areas like that even though I know there is a ton more and each one has a lot more to it then what I can explain but for the sake of getting to the answer that is what I did I read and study about the areas that I was personally able to get involved in.

It came up quite a bit in the study materials)

I am looking for feedback on what neighborhoods to look at and what sources to look at to study the neighborhoods in order to focus more on where I can find in this budget.

I have done a good amount of research on this and I am continuing my studies here on BiggerPockets.

Now that i am out and going to school i have more than enough time to study about real estate.I am also into stock mostly microcaps so any info would help especially how to read a level 2. 

Plus, I am working a part-time work study job.The problem is that the lenders I've talked to don't see this as steady income .

I can relate to taking a long time to study and learn and then getting up the nerves "balls" to make the offers.

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