New Husband/Wife Team...Where to Start?

[Jacob Sanders]

Hey everyone!

My wife and I recently decided that real estate is something that we want to pursue together, and our current goal is to flip our first house before the end of the year. We are in our research phase, so we're doing lots of reading, listening to podcasts (that's how I found you guys), looking at real estate online, etc. 

We wanted to give ourselves enough time to properly plan so that we don't fail. I have a few questions and we would be extremely grateful for any guidance and direction that we receive.

1. Is it worth it, at this stage in our real estate careers, to get my real estate license?

2. What is the "best" website for searching for homes that are on the market? Any preferences?

3. Are there any great iOS apps for real estate investment that you guys would recommend? I'm a pretty "techy" guy, so I thought I'd ask.

4. How do we find a good hard money lender? Is this the best route if we don't have any actual "cash" to put into this venture at the moment?

Sorry for all of the questions!