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If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and The BiggerPockets Podcast.

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and The BiggerPockets Podcast.

Of course, you need to read The Ultimate Beginners Guide to REI here on BPIf you haven’t already, please read/listen to these books ASAP!

I agree, I started reading the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to REI and the Free How-To-Guide to educate myself a little about REI before looking creating a plan and executing.

The rental business is not as lucrative as it sounds, for beginners, unless you're able to eliminate debt service altogether.

Of course, you need to read The Ultimate Beginners Guide to REI here on BPIf you haven’t already, please read/listen to these books ASAP!

I will definitely start with the resources you pointed out; as a total beginner, i really appreciate the direction!

Explore the "Learn" section (see menu at top of page), starting with the Free How-to Guides, especially the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to REI.

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