Negative family feedback!

[Isidoro Commisso]

The title should say it all! I'm new here and this will be my first investment property that I'm buying with my brother after refinancing our current house. We're beginning the hunting process this weekend and our agent is a family friend. Our family is rather conservative with investing and see the Brrrr method as risky, is it? Our realtor also seems pretty skeptical about us taking this approach. All I've seen online was very positive stuff, but maybe we are biting off more than we can chew for our first investment. Does anyone have any insight on what to look out for in a first investment? Really I'm curious to hear from people who practiced BRRRR right away!