I would say what really helped me get a base foundation on REI is listening to the BP podcast DAILY, read "rich dad poor dad" and buy, rehab, rent, refinance and repeat by David Greene and definitely attending one of the newbie webinars Brandon hosts.

Even Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad) recommends Direct Marketing!

and refunds to guests2) Hire amazing people - cleaners, handyman, recruit some neighbors to help fill in the gaps, & self-manage or hire an offshore VA to manage the property if you'd rather make yourself rich instead of making a local property manager rich (more on that here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/... )And make sure that your cleaners and handyman are not only doing a top-notch job of keeping the house in pristine condition, but they are also reporting to you (or to your PM or to your offshore asst) every little thing that needs to be upgraded or replaced so that you can stay on top of it and take care of things before you hear it from your guests in the form of guest complaints and bad reviews.

Only low income households and the super rich will be tremendously affected by covid.

Far as books, I’m currently reading rich dad poor dad and it’s a really solid book this far.

I read the infamous book Rich Dad Poor Dad and ever since, I have had this burning passion for personal finance and setting myself up to become financially independent at a young age. 

I don’t think becoming a real estate agent is a “get rich quick” scheme, this is a skill that requires to deal with people and that’s one of my weaknesses.

I read rich dad poor dad and although I got a lot out of the book it is more inspirational then technical, looking to learn more technical information about negotiating, making leases, hiring property management/contractors, financing etc.

I’m not rich.

In hindsight, we could have made a lot of folks rich letting them know when the stock market would tank because it seemed directly correlated to when we needed to pull out money from stock accounts for a purchase.