Ken McElroy's 'The ABCs of Real Estate Investing' gives new investors a sneak peek into the world of Multi-Family investing but also provides excellent fundamentals for every investor to master.Ken really drills down on the fact that you make money in real estate when you buy a deal right.

I started in Podio nearly 7 years ago and used it as no more than a glorified excel spreadsheet for nearly 3 years.

If your personal financial position is strong, this is but the next step on your overall journey, and you believe the purchase has a great chance to accelerate your wealth accumulation, yet can't devastate you even in a worst-case scenario, then yesterday was the best time to buy and today is the next best time.I'm basically repeating @Frank Wong's excellent advice here. 

@Ellie Perlman (comment above) is starting an education program for real estate investing that you might consider exploring.Neal Bawa runs MultifamilyU -- excellent resource for building a multifamily network.

@matthew olszak gave excellent advice.

I wanted to find myself getting in the habit of finding deals for investors so that if I came across an excellent deal I would keep it for myself, essentially cutting out in the middle-person. 

I have a lot of interest in dealing with this type of equipment and believe I could provide excellence in this area, but not ready to move forward until our primary is paid off which shouldn't be to many more years and we have zero debt.   

I have a high income from my W2 and excellent credit to get another loan.

One parent has an excellent background check and credit score, allowing me to approve that application.

@Dawn Brenengen Excellent idea as well.