When you read books that study millionaires, the common theme is that people reduced debt and reduced expenses to gain wealth.

You can find a case study here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/361...Good luck!

I’ve been studying real estate investing for a few months and thought it was about time I introduce myself!

Study the data, follow the local business news, look at future job growth projections, talk to the economic development committee or organization.  

What I have noticed since I started studying real estate, is that most of the houses we paint are houses that are being fixed up so that they can be put on the market.

I'm studying to be a successful real estate investor like everybody else.

Down the road, once I have built some wealth with my rentals, I'd like to study economic trends such as employment to decipher some patterns in economic growth. 

I'm very interested in commercial (had an internship at a commercial firm in their appraisal division years ago during college and studied all I can on the subject, the internship helped solidify I have zero interest in becoming an appraiser and yet fanned my interest on the investor side)    Definitely looking for more folks like yourself to contribute knowledge/experiences in this subject matter.I think there are probably more people interested in the subject than it seems.  

It worked so well for me that I became a Real Estate Case Study. http://www.myonlinetoolbox.com/IndustryWebsites/RealEstateAgentRealtorWebsites.aspxI would love to start educating other realtors and will blog here about how to market better with a website, but I also wanted to see if you wish for me to try to get the President to join you here.

I was going to hire a engineering firm to do all study and paper work for subdividing the parcel, and hire a site work company for all infrastructure.