@John Dodenhoff Pat Flynn has several specific podcasts and blogs about youtube channels and content worth checking out over at www.smartpassiveincome.com. 

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way for me to finally close on my first property, as well as anyone who has written inspiring discussions / blogs.

Then again, I generally play it safe which is why my RE blog is called ScaredyCatGuide.  

@Sidney Qiu If you are going follow Chad's advise and look at more passive forms of REI, such as notes/private lending you might find it useful to read a blog article I wrote here on BP about a year ago Three Key Routes for Passive Real Estate Investing

Some success stories, a blog.

Now, we have settled down in the chicagoland area.If I were you, go through all the podcasts, blogs and check out the recommended books.

I pretty much answered your post with my reply and you replied back with the same points.However, I'm noticing you use a lot of the same key words together when they aren't grammatically required, which means you are blogging to gain SEO in certain key words. 

Check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/10145/73373-op...andhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/10145/72118-sy...

Interesting blog.

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