Episode #1319 Get $500 back on your appraisal at closing. Forbes named Express Capital Financing the #1 Hard Money Lender for the third year in a row, and they're crediting every borrower who submits a deal to celebrate. Offer ends August 31st: expresscapitalfinancing.com/biggerpockets Today, we’re showing you exactly *how to learn about real estate investing,* so you can *get your first property faster.* There are *thousands of videos, podcasts, books, and forums* floating around. *Where do you even start?* The amount of information alone is enough to keep you stuck on the sidelines. Not to mention, there’s a lot of _bad_ information out there. In this episode, we’re giving you a clear roadmap for getting all the information you need before *buying your first rental property.* Property management? Finding contractors? Those are tomorrow’s problems. To get in the game and *buy a good investment* now, there are only *a few skills you really need to hone.* We’ll show you exactly what they are and where you can go to learn all about them. These are *specific tools for those who are learning the ropes* — resources we _wish_ we had access to when we were starting out. Stop trying to learn everything. Learn _these_ things, in _this_ order, and *you’ll be taking down real estate deals in no time!* Episode Show Notes: https://lnk.to/biggerpocketsYT Join BiggerPockets for FREE 👇 https://www.biggerpockets.com/signup?utm_source=owned_media 🎉Join us at the BiggerPockets Conference October 2-4 in Orlando. Buy tickets: https://biggerpockets.com/bpcon2026 Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! https://www.BiggerPockets.com/Podcastfeedback Grab Dave’s Book, _Real Estate by the Numbers_ : https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/real-estate-by-the-numbers?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Sign Up for the Investor Brief Newsletter: https://www.biggerpockets.com/email-subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Find Investor-Friendly Lenders: http://biggerpockets.com/findlenders 9 Ways to Learn About Real Estate Investing: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/how-to-learn-about-real-estate-investing?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Henry: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/henryw22?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Dave: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/davem27?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none 0:00 Intro 2:53 How Dave Got Started 4:13 How Henry Got Started 6:23 You MUST Learn This Skill 11:35 Sponsor: Express Capital Financing! 12:56 Best Real Estate Investing Resources 19:21 How Much Education Is “Enough”? 26:39 Free vs. Paid Resources