do you advice on getting a real estate agent for your first year

[Muhammed Mbye]

I wanna start doing real estate investing but I wanna know something.do you need a real estate agent to buy houses and if not, would it be a good idea to have one for your first year

[Javier Santana]

Before you do anything real estate investing, please just take a 6-12 months just learning on what you want to do. 

If you know what you are doing & how to find properties, you don't need a realtor. You can work directly with the listing agent. 

But if you never bought a house before it will benefit to have a realtor show you the way.  If you choose to use a realtor as your agent, make sure you give them your commitment that you will use them, and that you will also be on the look out for homes. Many first time investors emerging into the scene won't buy anything for years to come or ever, so realtors tend not to take them seriously. With that said make sure you have your financing in place, or beautiful cashhhhh, the good deals don't last long so you have to shoot first ask questions later.