utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=books (books recommended by BPers)Before making your 1st REI purchase please visit the link below for some useful tipshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/12/19/real-estate-investing-success-smart-tips/Simply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Continue to feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

I encourage all to do their due diligence on free or paid training products and hopefully you can connect with a mentor/coach who has character integrity and experience as a mentor to help you navigate the waters. 

Even if you aren't going to issue a 1099, I STRONGLY encourage you to get TINs (EINs) for your vendors and document the corporate status of any corporations that you pay.

I have noticed lately that some of those companies step pretty far out of bounds with their interactions with borrowers and the public.  

Maybe 10% with do any thing with it ,, maybe 1 to 2% with actually make what Many are hoping to make and that is 100k plus a year at this.if you have 300 people with no money no credit and not much business experience or savvy pop on to BP  I would say maybe 2 or 3 will actually do anything.. the numbers are the same or less.. because on BP there is no one interacting with you and your free just to kind of go away ...  

utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=books (books recommended by BPers)Simply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

If not, I encourage you to read the blogs, check out the forum posts, set up some keyword alerts like "Dubai", "Sharjah", etc. and your interests.

If anyone out there could give me some insight, encouragement, words of warning, tell me NOT to do it this way because xyz...I'd love to hear it.

This was very encouraging to see all that you have been able to accomplish while working a full time job.

Thanks @Steve Vaughan and @Jacqueline Carrington for the welcome and encouragement!