Understanding what you want to accomplish, where to find the necessary resources and exit strategies are important to your success.If you have questions feel free to ask and dig around there is a lot of great content on many subject areas in the forums, blogs and articles.

Articles like this bother me.

To add to what Tod is saying, read this article http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/27/3765797/oil-the-never-ending-story.html

I want to thank the members of biggerpockets in advance for your experiences and advice, I've already learned quite a bit in the last week I've been looking over the articles and forums.

I have read books and articles about having LLCs and other details.

I think @Andrew Postell wrote an article on this. 

That CBRE article was a 2020 report, but based on 2018-19 numbers, which have little bearing on the market dynamics of a post-COVID world.

Hi @Colby Wise, congrats on having a much in demand skill as a data scientist and for seeing the value of growing your wealth via the power of multifamily.The due diligence process is perhaps too long to go into on this thread but likely a good idea for an article.

I sold a flip from a Craigslist article before (worth a free line in the water).

I also recommend you read this article I wrote for Bigger Pockets titled How to Invest in Real Estate Before Turning 21.