Starting with a turnkey company will get your feet wet and will teach you the basics of buying rental property without having to deal with many of the challenges that may come with trying to do it on your own. 

@Mark Ostertag this is latest update from local expertise property manager and investor:This is serious - This is no JokeWELL, it happened, even with intense lobby at Albany and it was done practically stealth style!

I know wholesaling will also teach me how to find a good deal as well.

I know wholesaling will also teach me how to find a good deal as well.

Unfortunately I am unable to use the home style loan program to complete the renovation to my liking because of this.

If you look back across folks that have built successful flipping businesses, you'll see they almost always exit...mostly to teach...large profit centers in intellectual property...or they start to lend...or move to buy-and-hold.If you're a contractor or love construction, flip away...or limit your flipping to 1-2 properties a year while focusing on buy-and-hold....Again, this is all relative, I'm just trying to encourage you to weigh the options and gain the opinions of folks that have been down this path. 

I love BP but there is a lot of stuff that BP teaches that is not enforceable or illegal in the state of NJ.

The styles of my units are very different.

Why pay $4k for a course teaching people how to become wealthy in real estate rather than use that money and take action?

I have a large townhome style duplex where the lot size and zoning support additional units.