What exactly am I takling about? I’m talking about the information that’s available at no cost all across the internet, including right here on this site. By diligently reading a little each day, you can slowly but surely learn investing tactics and techniques only a few pros use, and you can profit greatly by using the same tactics yourself.

No matter what kind of investing you’re interested in – rehabbing, birddogging, wholesaling, landlording, apartment houses, commercial property, section 8, subject to, or what have you, the internet has a wealth of information and help available, much of it free or at little cost.

Read, study, and digest what interests you, then put your new education in real estate investing to work for you by doing the one thing so many would be investors fail to do… namely, taking action.

Get up and do something!

It isn’t hard… really it isn’t. Real estate investing isn’t like other skills you may want to get an education for, like engineering or cooking. There isn’t a school, academy, or institute you can attend to learn how to invest in residential real estate. There is no formal education in real estate investing, at least not that I’m aware of.

But there is a great and simple way to learn, one that’s been used for decades, even centuries. It’s been used by investors to learn how to do short sales, buy and hold, rehabbing, wholesaling, and birddogging, to name a few. It’s a method of getting an education in real estate investing that’s probably being used in your town right now, by at least a few new investors, and it’s a method you can use.

Best of all, it won’t cost you a dime, other than your time. What is this amazing educational in real estate investing, and how can you get it? Just ask for it!

“But who do I ask?” You might be wondering. Easy… ask another investor, preferably more than one. You see, the best education you can get will come from investors who are already successful doing what you want to do, in the same market you want to invest in.

They know the ins and outs. They know the neighborhoods. They know the local professionals – like property managers, attorneys, and realtors – who can be trusted. And they know how to take deals down the right way, the profitable way.

They will be willing to teach you, too, if you offer them something in return. You see, almost all residential real estate investors need help, whether it’s locating property to buy, putting up “we buy houses” signs, or sending out postcards. Pick out a few established investors, and offer to help them, for free, with any or all of these tasks, in exchange for them letting you follow them on their deals and learn from them. Sooner or later one will say, “OK.”

That’s all you need, just one. Make sure you can get along with him or her, and that they really have the experience you’re looking for. Once you’ve got a person like that, latch on and learn everything you can from them, everything they are willing to teach you. It will be the best education in real estate investing you could possible get!

Where will you find investors like this, investors you can learn from? The best place is at REIA group meetings Reia stands for Real Estate Investor’s Association, and there’s most likely one meeting in or near your city. If not, maybe there’s some other group of investors. Ask around. Ask Realtors, attorneys, property managers… in short, ask anybody who you think might know something about real estate investing in your town. Once you’ve found some meeting or group of investors, visit a meeting and join the group. That’s all there is to it!

Comment here and let me know how it goes.