Ask your questions - you'll learn quicker and it'll help get the wheels spinning.3) Make your first investment a house hack (aka the Brandon Special). 

As I have said numerous times here, if/when Trump wins in November the media will bring out the recession word so fast your head will spin.

I'm also struggling to find a realtor that doesn't speak in 3 word sentences or even wants to meet in person to discuss my goals -- maybe it's just the area, heavy competition, and a lot of "investors" (probably like myself) who spin people's wheels without ever getting really serious.I'm also considering areas like Montclair and Bloomfield because of easy NYC access - they seem like they could be safer with longer term tenants, but I'm not as familiar with the rental markets.I'm reading and digesting as much as possible, getting familiar with terminology/concepts, but I'm struggling in general to get focused and be confident that I'm going about this the right way.  

Just a different spin.

Crawl spaces are ALWAYS musty,,,basements can be really dry with poly on walls and under floors.That pic shows either alot of dry rot or termite damage. 

Obviously somebody forgot the code, so I took it and spent a few hours while on mute on conference calls just spinning the numbers til I got it.Rentals: Get a brand new (or changed out) landlordlock set that is keyed to my master.

My head was spinning.

Omar,First off, thank you for getting in touch and I greatly appreciate all the questions you have given to me (they may have made my head spin a little but in a good way!).

first books I read when I started was Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Think & Grow Rich, Magic of Thinking Big and Spin Selling.

Also you need to make sure you use URL shorteners and SPIN the text.