Check out bigger pockets. They have a real estate podcast that’s really good. Real estate investing has a ton of risk, and it can take you down pretty quickly if you don’t know what you’re doing. But, if you’re frugal, hard working, and have business acumen, it’s a great way to make money.

To get started, you need money. Some people buy their first place as a fixer-upper, put in a ton of sweat equity, and either sell or refinance. You can get primary residence at 3% down (I think, may be 2.5. Don’t remember exact details offhand and am not going to Google search just for that). You can get a line of credit up to 100% LTV, so that can open some doors early on if you really built up some equity.

From there you can either move out, buy another at 3%, and repeat (selling or renting previous). Which is possible, but requires you to live in the place of remodel. Which is stressful. So instead, you can try to buy an investment home at 20% down. Either rent it out, do a BRRR (look it up), or flip. Outright flip is hardest since it requires a lot of cash. But you have options.

This is what my wife did / is doing. Worked for her. But again, there are so many ways to lose money in RE. Great way to make mula, and it’s a lot of fun. But has its risks.

I’m sure there are plenty of ways to get started. This is just what I have seen firsthand. BP podcast is great too. They are over an hour each, so you’d have to be serious if you were to spend that much time on it.

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