I think it is important to find out where exactly you fit and what your goals are first since it will help you decide on the best lender(s) to partner with.

My goal for this evening is to become familiar with the biggerpockets website and calculator.

I'd advise to set yourself a yearly goal, then break that down all the way to daily; what do you HAVE to accomplish every working day to reach your goal at the end of the year? 

Advantage and disadvantages of this approach from the BP community will help me clear myself out on the entire situation and help me realize my goals with my bud when we look at the long term vision.

so my goal is to accumulate rental properties.

If you search on Youtube through the bigger pockets channel I do believe there are some videos on multifamily and podcasts.

My long term goal is buy and hold on small to medium sized multi family properties that generate a minimum of $500 a month in cash flow.

My goal with this property would be to use the BRRRR strategy.

Understand your motivation and your goals.  

Already scheduled to take my RE sales license exam, but the goal is to eventually and gradually invest in RE.