Welcome @ Larry, yep your are in the Best place for RE knowledge, and a combined wealth of knowledge.

You will actually be surprised how your construction knowledge will help you sell real estate.

It also makes the process easier.Your very first consideration should be to become very knowledgeable and prepared.

Jacob Shafer There is already some incredible knowledge shared above.

This website is very helpful and I hope I can use the wealth of knowledge to my advantage in the future.- John

Monica Breckenridge used to be on BP a lot, and she seems very knowledgeable on this subject, maybe she can weigh in.

Then when the time comes I have money for down payments and mortgage payments.From what I have been seeing is instead of banking up that 200-300k taking about 5 years to get there, I can just soak up a bunch of knowledge and experience for a year or two and get money from the bank and rent out houses and flip them, which would save me from working my but off in sales just for that 60-100k job.I currently have 0 debt and about 2 years of credit history, 750 credit score, and 5k saved up at the moment, I had to pay for 2 years of college that sort of took most of the money I have been making.I have been reading articles online and such but my question is, what kind of books/podcasts should I be reading or listending to in order to broaden my horizon on REI and renting out RE?

Like everyone else has said, this is the best resource for building knowledge on Real Estate investing.I'm an investor in Northern VA, in Prince William county.

I'm certainly not there yet, but love success stories, and every piece of knowledge helps structure future deals.So full-time investors, could you tell us how you did it?

Get a knowledgeable real estate agent near you to set you up with turn-key properties and a property management company.