{"id":137601,"date":"2021-04-30T10:29:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?post_type=path-to-purchase&#038;p=137601"},"modified":"2021-11-12T20:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T03:18:02","slug":"buy-and-hold-goals","status":"publish","type":"path-to-purchase","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/buy-and-hold-goals","title":{"rendered":"Setting Your Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden my-20\" x-data=\"{activeTab: 1}\" id=\"education\">\n  \n  <!-- Heading Label -->\n      <p class=\"text-slate opacity-60 mb-0 text-center font-bold uppercase text-md\">Education<\/p>\n      \n  <!-- Heading -->\n    <!-- Tabs -->\n      <div class=\"tabs flex justify-center space-x-3 relative z-20 mb-12\">\n          <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 1, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP resource tab clicked', {\n          referrer: 'https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/buy-and-hold-goals',\n          tabName: 'Blog'\n        });\" \n        x-bind:class=\"{'bg-slate bg-opacity-10': activeTab == 1}\" \n        class=\"text-slate border-none px-4 py-2 font-semibold hover:bg-slate hover:bg-opacity-10\">\n        Blog      <\/button>\n              <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 2, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP resource tab clicked', {\n          referrer: 'https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/buy-and-hold-goals',\n          tabName: 'Podcast'\n        });\" \n        x-bind:class=\"{'bg-slate bg-opacity-10': activeTab == 2}\" \n        class=\"text-slate border-none px-4 py-2 font-semibold hover:bg-slate hover:bg-opacity-10\">\n        Podcast      <\/button>\n              <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 3, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP resource tab clicked', {\n          referrer: 'https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/buy-and-hold-goals',\n          tabName: 'Video'\n        });\" \n        x-bind:class=\"{'bg-slate bg-opacity-10': activeTab == 3}\" \n        class=\"text-slate border-none px-4 py-2 font-semibold hover:bg-slate hover:bg-opacity-10\">\n        Video      <\/button>\n              <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 4, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP resource tab clicked', {\n          referrer: 'https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/buy-and-hold-goals',\n          tabName: 'Bootcamp'\n        });\" \n        x-bind:class=\"{'bg-slate bg-opacity-10': activeTab == 4}\" \n        class=\"text-slate border-none px-4 py-2 font-semibold hover:bg-slate hover:bg-opacity-10\">\n        Bootcamp      <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n  \n  <!-- Tabbed Content -->\n      <div class=\"full-width relative\">\n      <div class=\"md:bg-themeBlue-veryLight md:py-12 mt-12 max-w-screen-lg mx-auto rounded-md md:relative px-4 lg:px-8\">\n                  \n          <div\n            x-bind:class=\"{'relative ': activeTab == 1, 'absolute  opacity-0': activeTab != 1}\"\n            class=\"space-y-8 flex flex-col items-start justify-center mx-auto max-w-screen-sm md:space-y-0 md:flex-row md:flex-wrap md:justify-start  resource-hub-container\">\n            \n            \n<article \n\tid=\"post-110330\" \n\tclass=\"content-card mb-0 flex flex-col  post-110330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-real-estate-investing-for-beginners category-biggerpockets-daily\">\n\n\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\t\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Image -->\n        \t\t\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/set-achievable-real-estate-goals\" target=\"_blank\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/set-achievable-real-estate-goals-560x380.jpg\" class=\"size-card w-full  m-0 aspect-[68\/45] object-scale-down wp-post-image\" alt=\"3 Simple Steps to Set Achievable (Yet Ambitious!) 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