We were forced to quickly learn the ins and outs of the local court, evicting 5 residents, and starting the process in several other cases, prompting the tenants to leave.Key lessons gleaned during the first year were:1)To attract good tenants, you need to have attractive properties.

Stay at the firm, not just because of the contacts you'll make, but because you'll have a pretty significant steady income behind you to catch you when you inevitably stumble, because you'll be able to glean knowledge from kindred spirits and because you need health insurance (I just threw in that law one, but it's valid these days):).  

I've only got 2 properties (3 units) and am very much novice, but what I've gleaned from Podcasts, Books, and experience:1) First step is to figure out your goals. 

Biggest thing with land is just seeing if it is as valuable as everyone thinks it is.I would glean so much information talking to real estate department heads for the region for various types of businesses.Typically for a corner pharmacy pays the most, followed by national gas stations, then national banks, dollar stores and restaurants will not typically pay corner money.

Right now my reading list is composed entirely of recommendations gleaned from the BP podcasts.

Hi Robert, so what have you gleaned in the past 2 years on this topic?

I gleaned information from you and @Michael Borger, which indicates that Hawaii is nice market.

Just wanting to say hello and I am excited about the information I have been reading and gleaning from all the resources available.

Finding experienced local investors to glean knowledge from was the key for me really turning from a seminar attendee to an investor.

Harrod, I'll keep asking around and try to see if I can't help glean a satisfactory answer myself.