Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction 2.

Ultimately you need to pick one that is good for your income, career, real estate, and can provide you the answers you are looking for while building wealth through the tax code loopholes provided (all legally of course).

(understanding the CAP rate, other tools, etc. here on the site) - I am curious how many people look to what may be happening in the future to impact the choice to invest now - or choose somewhere else all together

I only have been working there for a year and already not enjoying the 9-5 life style and I almost feel like I am "waisting time" because ultimately I want to be a full time real estate investor. 

Ultimately I am looking to throw everything I have at this to get the debt gone so that I can move on to other financial plans.I would love to hear about any other advice or tips that you guys may have.I would appreciate it if this post is not used for pitching services to me.Regards,P.

This is ultimately not the most cost efficient approach but my point is it can be pretty easy to start familiarizing yourself with the basics.I’ve only been an investor for a couple years but work as an estimator in the construction industry, which has been a valuable carryover to my REI career.

I know there are a lot of differences between buying a boat and a home, but ultimately that is none of my business. 

The claim appeared to be bogus but I ultimately authorized paying $12k to him to get him out of the property. 

I've changed my mindset over the past few years after reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad and have since been learning all I can about investing and figuring out which path is ultimately the best for me moving forward.  

With smaller income-properties, investors usually must make a strategic choice whether cash-flow OR growth of capital/equity is the primary goal, it is just not arithmetically probable to maximize both at the same time.You may ask yourself how you can optimize these metrics depending on the investor’s portfolio.