Listen to podcasts, read books, and if you plan to invest in the Netherlands find some resources that speak to that market specifically.

Quote from @Jokari Trueheart: HI, almost 11 months ago I purchased 3 duplexes and I borrowed the funds from my personal residence which I took out a equity agreement for the down payment on the investment property, great idea at the time because I have 10 years to pay it off and theres no payment requirement, but , I learned more about the consequence that it takes a large chunk of my equity the longer I take to pay it back, so my goal was to refi cash out the investment property to pay it back but I don't think theres enough equity yet to pull the full $106k needed, I only borrowed $88k but with the equity percentage for one year i'm paying about $18k in equity on top of the amount I borrowed if I pay it off in year one, so I need this paid off ASAP before it increases more.

And banks dont care about our math projections and how hard do you want to work to prove your math projections..

It's pretty easy to see that real estate proces peaked around 2007-2008 and then crashed during the Great Recession.Around 2011-2012 prices started to recover and got back to their pre-Crash highs around 2015-2016, but really 2018-2019 when adjusted.So, why are newbies reading books written BEFORE 2019 and thinking that you can still successfully invest using the EXACT advice in these relatively "old" books?

After years of investing we settled on Alabama as the best spot for us to invest.

@Lawrence MitchellIt’s great that you’ve built a basic understanding of real estate investing!

Spend at least 2 hours per day researching online about your desired investment strategies.

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) commercial investment investment in Stone Mountain.

OOS investing is hard.

Can you please clarify which investments you've been involved in with us?