Also you get a lot of out of watching podcast and the webinars.

Ive watched Allentown for a couple decades now... and I invest OUTSIDE their boundaries.

What I've gathered thus far on the forums and in watching the awesome podcasts is that adding value in one way or another is the way to go for sure.

It has been absolutely heartbreaking to watch the coverage.

We managed to get by and held on to properties and watched them return through the 2011-2016 run up.To very worried noobs: if you're afraid of a big crash just dissolve the assets and then repeat... that's what the big successful investors do.  

As Brent correctly pointed out, there is a lot you need to watch out for in Turnkey - and that comes from someone who obviously loves it as an investment vehicle.

When damage occurs under their watch, they are responsible regardless.

Hi BiggerPockets,I came across this video (haven't had time to watch it through the end yet): https://youtu.be/oQJRGgTBn6wThe economist James Dale Davidson, who got famous from predicting the subprime crisis among other things, believes that the US economy is about to collapse in 2017 and that real estate will drop 40% in the next...six months!

I got interested in real estate investing after watching family, friends and coworkers having to go back to work after they retired.

I've been doing some lurking and watching the podcasts and it seems like a partner/mentor is the best way to go.