Best sources of education for real estate investors.**

Join your local real estate investor association.

Joining your local real estate investor association is the best investment you can make for education and for building the team of experts you will need as an investor. This is YOUR trade association whose primary goal is to help you make money. Most can be found on the internet under ”real estate investor association, your city”. Don’t fall into the seminar junkie trap. A new investor can easily buy thousands and thousands of dollars in real estate seminars before ever buying a property. Becoming involved in your local association will help you avoid paying now for seminars you may not need till later.

The Georgia Real Estate Investor Association has something for all real estate investors. The Georgia Real Estate Investor Association, GaREIA for short, is the largest real estate investor association in the country. GaREIA is a wealth of information for members and non-members alike. Visit the GaREIA website, www.GaREIA.org for hours of free seminars and information. New investors can attend a four-hour real estate investing for beginners seminar at no charge the first and third Saturday of every month.

Your local real estate investor newspapers.

Most major cities will have a local monthly free trade magazine and all offer good information. In Atlanta, two of the best are “THE OFFER” available throughwww.GaREIA.org , and “THE GEORGIA REAL ESTATE REPORT” available through http://www.money99.com

Your local real estate investor radio shows.
Not all cities have them, but they are another source for free information. Your real estate investor association might be the best source to find the shows in your area.

Books, tapes, and seminars.

There is no substitution for good old-fashioned roll up your sleeves study. In real estate, knowledge is power, and ignorance can be obscenely expensive. There are dozens and dozens of different real estate investing methods. Check with your local association for recommendations on the best books, tapes and seminars to help with your investment strategy.

Due Diligence.

Making the right choice on faulty data can put your reputation, money, hard work, and future in jeopardy. “Due diligence” is checking, for your own protection, the accuracy of information given to you by others. Always do your own due diligence.

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