Here are my favorites:Rich Dad Poor Dad - getting your mindset right and shifting your thinking to getting your money to work for me.One Rental at a Time - how anybody with a W2 job can get to financial and time independence.The Book on Real Estate Investing - understanding what real estate investing is.Profit Like the Pros - motivational and inspirational stories of the endless possibilities to get great real estate deals.Happy to talk about other resources, tips, tricks and anything that helped get us started.

Definitely the pandemic and the working from home shift helped the real estate boom particularly in the sunbelt.

The market seems like shifting a little bit at least in my area.

I've shifted to a more defensive position and am building up cash to be ready when there is blood in the water over the next 24 months.

  - going into the market I can speak specifically more about the Memphis Market      - We are still seeing cashflow Day 1 from properties      - The market appreciation is still expected to be higher than the baseline avg      - Numerous Hedge funds and other large investment companies are still investing here in the city and elsewhere to I know with a little shift in the market a lot of people are hesitant to invest, but I have always been told this...Do not buy a house whenever the market says you are ready, but purchase a property when you are ready.

As the market shifted to having less sellers and more buyers, new inexperienced buyers would overpay from FOMO or just to ‘get in the game’.

You have alot of sensitivity to expenses on smaller properties, which can significantly shift your NOI numbers.

Just curious, are you shifting your investing from Chicago to Grand Rapids or just moving your family and continuing to invest in Chicago?

@Jake Fugman and I run an investor focused realtor team in Chicago and lately we’ve seen a shift where we are finding a ton of great deals for clients in the mixed use space above $1m but it seems as though pure multifamily cap rates for 5+ units above $1 million are just compressed (thus values overinflated).

We live in an overly sensitive society where words are equated with physical violence.