It is a tremendously valuable resource, and Chatt is a great town to get started in.

Hit me up, I can help you tremendously if you are looking for help/deals in Alabama. 

@Kady Danielswelcome to the site, BP has a tremendous amount of information to help youI'm a local investor in the New Hampshireand would be more then happy to help you out with any questions you havewe have network meeting at Nashua on the 4rd tuesday of the month and it great place to meet with others real estate investor and we have numbers of deals done after people meet in our group, you can find more hereLook forward to seeing you around!

As you stated, they allow one to purchase a property, rehab it, and exit (either sell or refinance) without needing a tremendous amount of capital.

Tax deferred investment vehicles like the 401k / IRA / SEP IRA will give you tremendous tax advantages especially as you climb the income generating ladder.   

Some REI books from the library or a bookstore would help tremendously.

It seems there is a tremendous amount of excellent information here!

Once I became more active on BP, it helped my real estate investing tremendously.

I would say little Havana area is booming tremendously with multi units and rent quick.

Learning the process and taking the time to research properties will help you tremendously to target serious buyers as well as learning where to place rentals or flips.