Make sure to check out the very informative blogs. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs

I wrote about the investments I've made quite in my blog: Have I Found the Holy Grail of Passive Real Estate Investing?

I have been reading blogs and books about real estate for about a year now.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

If it was a science then we would all have the ability to avoid bad things happening to our portfolio.Best bet: Develop your investing criteria, goals and objects and then concentrate on 1-2 markets.Wrote a helpful blog post on how to select a market: Choosing the Right US Real Estate Market To Invest In: The 4-Step Guide to Success

@Anissa PearsonWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

So, to speed up the process we have begun generating content (blogs, videos, etc) that we publish on our website and youtube channel for the public.

A lot of forum members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold investing, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are some pretty nice discounts on many products and services offered as Perks to BP members that you might want to check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their fantastic podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

Flipping also interests me as I do have some construction experience and see some potential there to make some profits.In the mean time I'm going to keep reading through the forum and blog posts here to learn more, analyze deals, and try not to get stuck in analysis paralysis.