Also, in addition to books and podcasts, and join a few more local REI groups to get a sense of which one(s) suits your needs best!

There're also books available on it here on BP under the Edu section.

If you do re-sign this tenant with the $200 as part of the terms of the lease - this will be reflected as a loss of $200 per income each month when fully repaid on your books.

What I'm doing instead is learning as much as I can through books and podcasts, and starting to evaluate deals on my own.

Books, seminars, etc.) that they have read or tested?

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In the mean time though, I've been immersing all of my free-time in real estate information like the BP podcasts, books, forums, networking events, etc. and looking at deals in the market so I won't necessarily be a complete novice.

I can also send you links of my personal properties so you can see my VRBO listings with pictures and current bookings, prices and occupancy for yourself.

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I have in fact read through the entire beginners guide as well as done weeks of research on my own, and I have to say that this guide is very informative.