New to the Site and Extremely Excited to get Started

[Dave Iadarola]

My name is Dave,

I have been doing land development for the past 10 years in rural Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Texas. Most of the land development I have done revolved around surface improvements. While I have done a multitude of vacant land deals I have only done a hand full of housing deals.

I'm new to the site, but have been reading multiple articles and doing market research in Colorado for the last 2-3 months. I found BP through a friend who listens to the podcast. i began listening and became very excited about the opportunity to do this for myself. I'm want to start out flipping, but eventually move into buy and holds.  I'm finally in a spot where I feel comfortable enough to start looking at deals. 

1) I haven't found a real estate agent yet that I have felt comfortable using. Any suggestions on where to look for an agent? How do most of you find someone to work with that will bring you deals? 

2) I'm currently looking at a deal on an extremely distressed property, in a good neighborhood. The house is bank owned and been assigned to a real estate agent. Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of questions to ask the agent so I can get a clear understanding of the property?

3) I currently have some liquid capital, but am interested at looking at some financing options. Does anyone know someone in the Colorado Front Range area? 

Thanks for any help/advice. I look forward to becoming a part of this community. 

Regards, 

Dave