Your right on both points Samuel.  

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

Class A apartments have numerous amenities, professional management, and sit in desirable neighborhoods.

Come on Collin, your Gatlinburg brotha, at least try to make this hard on me. 

Now I found one that specializes in real estate investors that was recommended by an online mentor.

Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.

I am currently in NJ but focusing on Texas. 

Can I advertise here on BP or is this going to get me banned?

Crossing the lines may not provide proper liability protection.Personally, I just kept my SF rentals in my name and got excellent insurance coverage, $500K per property plus a $2M umbrella.

I would budget maybe 20-30k depending on how far you are going down.