I am new to real estate investing and looking to connect with any local investor.

If I'm flipping, my discount needs to be deep to create a spread. 

Id recommend connecting with someone who can help you shop more investment-specific/rental programs on a national scale.

Unless your digging deep in that file and pulling from when the game was most similar to todays. 

An appraiser likely isn't going to spend time giving you much feedback in advance (unless you have a connection or they are super slow).   

.- If you hold a rental until death, you can pass it on with a stepped-up cost basis, limiting captial gains if then sold (limited by inheritance tax limitations).Too many newbies on this site trying to replace their day job income via "passive" real estate investing w/o digging deep enough to understand how it really works.

I would connect with an experienced loan broker who can help evaluate these options for you.

I used to live in Tokyo for 6 years and would like to find a reason to go back more regularly but let me know if you want to connect!

Going to the events page above and seeing who is hosting meetups along with connecting with people at these meetups is a great way to grow your network of people within a small 25-50 mile radius.

If house hacking NJ is in cards happy to connect.