A quick read is a good idea to become conversant, but you will really learn the most by getting on the phone and speaking with a few professionals in the field.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Also the majority of the owners we negotiate with are not professional real estate investors, so they often prefer discussing sales price in terms of "price per pad", as opposed to cap rates and GOI/NOI.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

In my area, when looking at most of the pictures of properties on the market, they look professionally photographed.

These are young professionals who probably dropped 200k on an MIT education and you think they are suddenly going to destroy their credit and ability to rent in the area where all of the jobs in their related field are because they can't come up with rent?

Anyone have any contacts or are themselves real estate professionals in this area?

The weekend we spent seeing properties and network with other real estate professionals versus hanging out with our friends.