New to investing in real estate

[John Gaber]

So I started reading one of the books from BiggerPockets which brought me to the site.   Like I'm sure most of us here I'm looking to get out of the rat race of working for a big corporation and getting my rentals to work for me.    I'm interested in buying and flipping but my primary focus is on buy and hold.  I currently have one rental house which is doing really well and live in another.   I'm looking to pick up my next soon and I'm kicking around the idea of a duplex.

Any advice would be great and I'm here to meet like minded people and essentially build up my network and team.