@Chris Mason is telling you if all the threads about delayed financing are too long to read, he is summarizing the concept for you.The first thing I'd do is identify a market you want to invest in while getting your credit situated.

It's a very simple concept that few people understand because reading is laborious and most people don't like to consume that much content. 

@Raul Lopez as @Joseph Firmin said read some books to get the basic concepts and do not try to push anything onto her that you or her don't FULLY understand. 

This is a hard concept for new investors to wrap their mind around because when you go to buy a primary home for yourself, every lender has the same guidelines and all you really have to shop for is rate and maybe closing costs. 

Hi All, Just curious...just as a stock trader would read/watch the Wall St Journal/Bloomberg/CNBC everyday, what is your go-to Real Estate news/data source (ASIDE from Bigger Pockets)?

Anyways, over the course of the past few weeks I have been using the BP Rental calculator in order to practice learning the basic concepts behind analyzing properties.

Needless to say when I was introduced to this concept, I took my equity and have started expanding my portfolio.

concerning landlording niche ,I can’t think of any thing more socially controversial than the concept of leveraging the financial ignorance of low income areas to your financial benefit through low income housing .. aka slumlording

I've heard $15 a square foot is a very basic concept to go off of but is there better ways to estimate properly?

I just got my intention journal, and I'm excited.