Some good books to get started are:Real Estate Note Investing - Dave Van Horn (Bigger Pockets published book)Invest in Debt - Jimmy NapierPerformance Anxiety - Gordon MossBest of success to you.

Hey @Crystal Taitt-Phillip and welcome to Bigger Pockets!

. ($20K total out of pocket including closing costs).  

@Alden ClevelandWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

I do, and it’s not I’ve rehabbed three houses across California and have saved up about 250k.

Then, there are two - three SF case studies where people go up and talk about the deals they have done with pictures and numbers, and one commercial case study the same way.

Bigger pockets has some great calculators to help analyze deals in the tools/ calculators section.

Bigger Pockets is home to so many excellent resources/people - that will help you get a handle on what a good deal is in New Jersey!

There's a link here in Bigger Pockets with every contract you could possibly need.

So glad you've discovered Bigger Pockets early in your real estate investing journey...and it looks like you've already made some good contacts here from your area....A few tips that may be helpful to you here on the BP website:You can set up keyword alerts so anytime someone posts about KC, Enterprise, or any of the specific markets you're evaluating, you'll be notified.