With so much information available, it’s easy to get educated on an asset class or an opportunity before investing. Although there’s no substitute for hands-on experience, you can still reduce risk through education. Steffany Boldrini, Principal at Monte Carlo Real Estate Investments, invested in car washes in North Texas and learned the hard way that she didn’t know what she didn’t know. Six years later, Steffany is recouping her investment, but wishes she would have learned more about the asset class before jumping in. More recently, Steffany has invested in a 19 unit condo conversion in Dallas and a ground-up Self Storage development in Stockton, CA.