He walked us through the numbers on the expense factors and the cap rates he’d experienced.

Find/Get a Team of members that are critical to help you get things done, are experienced at what you are doing, local, and will return your phone calls promptly.Another thing you ought to get done decides a plan and goals that are both written down and where you will see them and read them every day, have a office located where you will have less distractions.  

We've been laying the groundwork for a move to a larger property via running these 22 (soon to be 23) units successfully on our own, and by participating in syndications as passive investors where we learn at the feet of investors much more experienced in large multi-family projects.  

If you have experienced appreciation then your rate of return could be pretty nice.

I am 24 years old and I played professional basketball abroad.

I've lived in the Dunwoody area of Atlanta for a long time and experienced first hand the market growth.

I have to stay in Texas / Oklahoma as I have my professional license in those two states.

The biggest turnoff I experienced when interviewing brokers, was how many of them just expected you to hammer your own personal sphere, bugging them to refer you or sell/buy with you as a newbie.

There are a ton of ways you can start off as a budding investor, like partnering with someone more experienced, bird-dogging for an established investor and providing sweat equity, because at this point in your career that's your main advantage, plus knowledge of social media etc.

@Gaston Barua-You would be better served if you had an experienced individual, hold your hand through the underwriting process of scrutinizing a deal with a careful eye ( and with some good software), as no two deals you encounter will be the same.Books are wonderful, only to a certain extent.