Reading books and talking with other investors at RE meetups gives you a ground floor education on specific strategies, a decent start to your education and a knowledge of the lingo.

If you BRRR (DIY method), you fix a distressed home from the ground up, you can flip it for a profit or keep it as a rental.

A couple of things I learned from him...Always perform background and credit checks on the parents (the apple usually doesn't fall too far from the tree)Have in the lease that underage drinking parties are grounds for evictionCreate a one page doc that serves as "welcome to your first apartment".

Thank againThe next step is for me to get on the ground there and check it out for sure.

Network with on the ground real estate investors and you'll see that real estate offers a greater return than the market (At the very least equal).And a toast to the @Michael Street, a self responsible gentlemen who will be vacating a job to an incoming college grad before he's 100 without the need for assistance from the American taxpayer!

Properties in St Louis seem like they could cash-flow.city-data.com tells me the population is falling by 11% Zillow tells me house prices will fall by about 7%What's the story on the ground, how is the market feeling and why are things looking a little challenging right now.Can anyone share any suburb recommendations?

You will need to show up at his door unannounced to discover if the dog is there and basically ride him into the ground until he breaks his lease or you start the eviction. 

Nobody wants to move when there is snow on the ground and sub freezing temperatures.

One office space is rented by a dentist for $3600 per month (1.5 years left on lease and when I met him he indicated he is staying), the residential space is renting for $2700 per month (current tenant has been there for more than 20 years already) and there is a third office on the ground floor that is currently vacant (the owner has never really marketed it, but it seems to me to be another $2500-$3000 in gross rent).

I just need the right tools and especially the knowledge in order to succeed.Being that I am new to REI and know that I will be moving to that area in the near future, I figured I would try to educate myself the best I can so I can hit the ground running once I move.