Oklahoma City, OK · Member since 2016 · 79 posts · 26 votes
Hello fellow investors,
I am in the beginning stages and I'm starting with education. I am personally interested in the Buy & Hold strategy. However, real estate is such a broad field, everytime I dive into something around the corner there's always something new and honestly it's pretty scary. I got an idea of how real estate deals go but I know when your actually doing the deal there's many intricacies that may or may not be covered from a general guide. While I think the best way to learn these is through a mentor, is there any guide or advice on how to narrow down to learn the many subjects of real estate?
I'm going to start with reading popular real estate books but how could I put my learning in a good direction without missing an important topic? I wanted to ask because I'm afraid I'd be bouncing through different topics rather than go from point A to Z.
Investor · Frederick, MD · Member since 2016 · 352 posts · 194 votes
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Brian, real estate is definitely a very diverse field. Since you've already identified that you'd like to pursue the buy and hold strategy it may be good to just start reading books on the buy and hold strategy. However, I would start with a very general real estate investing book like The Millionaire Real Estate Investor. It would start off by giving you a good base of knowledge. Don't become scared from all of the nuances and intricacies of investing. The best way to learn is by doing, so after you've properly educated yourself it may be good to just jump into investing. There is an extremely steep learning curve once you actually begin investing.