@Jason Reinen I read Ken McElroy’s book The ABCs of Real Estate Investing when I had probably 5-6 buildings (around 20 units).

All the best to you.https://www.fanniemae.com/content/guide/selling/b2/1.2/03.html

Based on projections and current bookings, I'm on track to make anywhere from 35-50% more than rental cost each month.Yolanda

I don't want to divulge all the details for the world to see, but basically my father left me an asset when he passed away and a couple of moves with that asset allowed us to book a huge Capital loss carryforward, which I finally got to use with this sale.

Hi Darren,My new book, "The Book on Negotiating Real Estate" is on Audible, but my first two (Flipping/Estimating) don't yet have audio versions. 

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Has anyone read Tim's new book? 

Is there anything to guide me?

That sounds strange, but you have nothing holding you back from venturing out of your security...because you have lost that security blanket that was your job.I would venture to say, that most of the success stories in history, started out where you are right now...me included.So, with nothing holding you back, and with plenty of time on your hands (time will always be your greatest asset...since you can never get it back), if you want to get into REI, you need to do the following:1 - Learn,2 - Learn some more,3 - Keep learning.Places to learn (before you say "that costs money"), that don't cost any money are:1 - Online education sites that have free articles written by experts in their fields.2 - Free e-books, that you can get online.3 - Joining your local REIC's to both learn and network.4 - ...and never stop learning...even when you become a success at this (and you will)Also, three very critical actions you MUST follow to be a success:1 - Always think possitive.2 - Train yourself to think of future "obstacles" as temporary problems...and you are the problem solver.