Hey Billy,Welcome to BP.Check out some blogs I wrote for Bigger Pockets a while back that can give you a perception on some if things to look our for when starting:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/01/03/invest-for-cash-flow-or-growth-analysis/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/12/20/first-investment-property-important-things-consider/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/11/15/3-types-of-risks-real-estate-investors-regularly-take/I hope you find them useful.Thanks and have a great day.

I know wholesaling has this perception of being a no money down strategy for building capital and that's why literally EVEYONE getting started with no money wants to be a wholesaler.  

Turn the tables and create a perceived value of 1000 and rent it for 800 and people will beat down the door and your perception is you're in a hot rental market no matter what anybody else thinks.

Paint can do wonders for altering the perception of color.

My perception from his posts and personal website is that Ben only invested in large multi-families and apartment complexes. 

It is my perception that if someone posts something useful to the masses that's a vote.

Then I read MJ Demarco’s book, which, despite its clichéd name, is the best perception shifting book for an aspiring entrepreneur that I know of.

These introduce yourself fora always give me the sensation I am standing up at a meeting for some 12-step programme - though I've never actually been to such a meeting and it is most probably my perception does not match reality.So, it begins ....

I didn't even know there was a negative perception out there.

Perceptions up here in RI are that gas is preferred, oil is not really liked, and all-electric is the worst.