Please feel free to reach out to me with any information, tips, experience,suggestions on books to read or anything else.

😊 Hi Ellen here are a few books and courses that you can review to get up to speed:Below is a link to Josh Andrew's book which is an excellent starting resource, and an e-book from Dave Van Horn about NPL investing. 

Looking for tips and ideas on how to flesh out the WCAP (wealth creation and preservation), principle.

We considered "shopping" out tax prep the last two years, but they send us a form with our last years info and a link to upload all our docs and we just upload it all and say thank you when it comes down to T-day.

@Symchay Bendu I think the areas mentioned in the report linked to are to develop green areas IE Parks, playgrounds etc.

I live in Broward the first thing i would do is search the Broward County Property Appraiser below link and at-least find out who owns it You could call them see if its listed or if there looking to sell http://www.bcpa.net/RecAddr.asp

Any tips on how to find duplexes?

IE- ohh I put management but it is 2 units and it is commercial.View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.

I'm very excited to introduce myself to the Bigger Pockets community.My name is Pete Stevenson and my wife and I recently moved to Boise, Idaho after completing a 16-month road trip from Seattle, WA to the tip of South America.As we settle into our new lives in the USA, we are in the learning phase of real estate investment, soaking up as much new information as possible and preparing for our first deal.

Any BPers with any tips for a newbie?