Extremely intelligent and from a very wealthy, politically connected family in Texas.

Real Estate (QuickStart Guides™ - Finance) 3.The Book on Rental Property Investing: How to Create Wealth With Intelligent Buy and Hold Real Estate Investing (BiggerPockets Rental Kit, 2) 4.Airbnb For Dummies 5.

You see, most of us on here have a better form of financial intelligence than the average bear. 

Not only is it cheaper but with inflation and artificially suppressed interest rates the monthly payment is ~$600 less per month!. 

The curtailing of rental property financing is not driven by market fears, it's driven by gov't policy.The gov't is keeping rates artificially low with the intent of helping average homeowners (the idea being that "average homeowner" takes his $500/mo mortgage savings and spends at least $450 of it each month on consumer junk, maybe a new car payment, maybe eating out, whatever, thus stimulating the economy).

(almost all contractor hires will be "Take a Chance" until you've used them and they have proved to be a good fit for you).When you talk to the contractor, ask for (3) references from jobs they have done like yours in the past (1) year.Then call the references and ask about their experience with the person, quality of work, etc.For many trades, going in person to see the referenced work is intelligent.

I’m getting ready to start a certification program focused on data science. Anyone using those disciplines as part of your REI systems?

Emotional Intelligence is pretty good too.

I don't know if there are already Bigger Pockets Meet-ups in LA or not, but I'm looking to chat with anyone about the industry, getting started intelligently, and  long-distance investing.

In the past year, I’ve increased my intelligence points in this field.