Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessFinally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Richmond" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

I've been reading lots of article on here and following forums and it's been incredibly helpful but I must say, I'm a little nervous and feel very green as I'm brand new at this!

p=68067Or use the search bar at the top left to look up articles/people/forums on private lending / hard money lending

On the top right is a search bar - type in "becoming a private lender" and a bunch of forums/articles will come up.  

Search the BP for ADU appraisals to encounter numerous examples.

I hate to break your bubble, but Article 134, Paragraph 60 (Debt, dishonorably failing to pay) does give the commander authority to "command" military personnel under their authority to fulfill their financial commitments. 

@Laura WyzykowskiPer this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

I will also link an article that implements steps to get started. 

We used to drive investors around Philly and give them in a few hours an investor's view of the city that I see people trying to understand for months on their own via apps, forums, articles... 

If you search on here there are a couple good articles about questions to ask them!