[Tien]

Some really hefty broad questions you have there Mr Voight.

Answers will most likely overwhelm you and not do you any good.

Learn this business piece by piece if you are willing to wait long enough. When I jumped into real estate, I had to know everything, and also spent all my time figuring out the answer to the 23455 questions I had.

EDIT: I still do that to this day, but I love learning real estate so I don't mind.

Not everyone will take my approach.

For someone who wants to get started and learn some ABCs, the book "The real estate millionaire investor" by Gary Keller is like a must must read.

Good place to start. I would also start by asking your dad to take over management of the properties he owns.