For me, each book sparked a spree of different reads and even marked points that in some way or another changed my path, outlook and even my life.

There's no meaningful difference between the two, and net listings are illegal in almost every state. 

Other really helpful blogs for beginners include RETipster, Spark Rental, Coach Carson, Fortune Builders, Realty Times, and Mashvisor.

This will involve my interaction on BiggerPockets to ask questions, respond while providing meaningful feedback, attending local meetups (once this social distancing blows over..), and network to surround myself with people in the industry to build mutually beneficial business relationships.

Regardless, I'm not happy with health care legislation until they take meaningful steps towards lowering health care costs and encouraging individuals to take care if themselves.

Many new investors come here looking for advice without taking the time to learn enough to ask meaningful questions. 

If anyone has more to add, trust me, when I have a moment, I'm going to read it, and it's very meaningful to me and appreciative.

I don't have data on ownership breakdowns, but I expect many of those owners do not have sufficient reserves to carry their debt for any meaningful period without revenue.

In other words, our labor, which is finite, is contributing in a meaningful way to the returns in a way that is not necessary in a passive investment like the stock market.We do all that because it's a good business, but a lot of real estate investors get into trouble because they don't know that they are getting into a business, and when you subtract the value of your labor, I contend that the real return on capital is going to be around 7%, just like in the stock market.

The key is engineering the right features from the data so that you are capturing / quantifying meaningful signal.