What I can recommend to you is try to get all the free information you can get your hands on,  it will get to the point that you have to spend something on your education (be it sweat equity or actual money) but don't get swindled by these "GURUS", you can get all the information that they are selling you for free, often even better information.

@Justin Swindle,I do have a few agents I work with.  

How many times do you see in these forums the investor who got swindled out of $5K, $10k etc. seeking advice on how to recover?

We were okay with that fee aslong as they delivered on their claims.Detailed Summary: In June 2023, WealthAbility swindled us out of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS with the use of deceptive practices, false promises, and largely inaccurate claims of providing a "full-service" detailed and customized wealth and tax strategy plan, guidance for plan implementation, tax preparation and filing, and much more with a rigorously vetted CPA and support team.

Start investing small and understand you may lose your investment, whether or not you were swindled.

The lack of licensing requirements, oversight and the ability to swindle some pretty stunning amounts of money from uneducated sellers is exactly what attracts a lot of wholesalers and gurus in the first place.Believing that there isn't a large majority of wholesalers who are deceptive, dishonest and do nothing of value in a transaction is just nonsense.

Do some people get swindled?

Got burned, bamboozled and swindled and had to toughen up.

I have also learned that many other people were swindled by this same guy last year. 

Do not feel beaten up or swindled as many of us did when we started.