BiggerPockets is a great start, but local meetups and Facebook groups help too.I’m happy to share more resources or examples if you want — I work with new investors all the time and love helping people get started the right way.

California is a great example.

If you win the auction with for example a 12% interest rate, is there a grace period for the person redeeming the property before they have to pay you interest?  

If you could walk me through a couple of examples that would be awesome !!!

Add in tariffs, and it’s a double hit.What you said about that $499K spec home now costing $660K in Milwaukee is the perfect real-world example of this compounding effect — exchange rates + supply costs + labor shortages = permanent price resets.Long-term, I think we’ll see:Delayed new construction starts due to tighter marginsInvestors pivoting more to value-add and repositioning existing stock rather than building newIncreased focus on local sourcing and prefab to control costsAnd possibly, more institutional buyers pushing into lower-tier markets as affordability worsens elsewhereIt will take a long time to bring production back to the US. 

I have the "classroom" knowledge and before I attempt a larger fix/flip or flip/hold, it would help make me significantly if I could see a few different real examples. 

It also includes examples and a decision tree that makes it easier to apply. 

Not sure why anyone would pay for an education since the invention of the internet.Exclduing very specific examples where it's needed to become a profession like the medical field. 

Good brokers and good lenders now many of the buyer groups and know where they stand and know the good deals from the bad deals.In Dallas for example I would be talking to M&M on the Broker side and Old Capital on the lending side. 

Tennessee for example has no state income tax and has pretty low property taxes compared to NJ.