Markets everywhere are drawing in the inexperienced investor.

I'll admit, it does make me nervous trusting others out of state, but there is always a little nerves when making any investment...well, at least for me.We've had great success w/ our Maui property, so we are not totally inexperienced w/ out of state properties, but that property is vacation rental and long term rentals is another beast where we have no experience.I can't remember who had it in their signature here, but I remember reading "live where you want and invest where it makes sense," or something like that.

Maybe they could have been burned a few times by inexperienced investors whodidn't know how to actually close the deal (been there.) , maybe theyve dealt with a bunch of tire kickers who do in fact waste their time, the list is endless.

Perhaps we can meet for coffee/tea.

(No hands on experience, only work experience is bagging groceries, and looking young/inexperienced).

There is a lot of moving parts and alot of "snake in the grass" type of risks that inexperienced people get can get bit by.I think joint venturing with an experienced developer is a tremendous way to get started.  

Things I like to do/work on, may not be someone else's cup of tea.

What are some important things I need to know in order to avoid looking inexperienced, or what can I do to impress someone like this?

This is what separates novice investors from experienced educated ones (I'm not saying that you are inexperienced!!).

Typically the agent will request a representation agreement from you when he start setting the MLS searches or before submitting the first offer, but the Investor probably has an agreement with his own Realtor to get money back or discounts in the next transactions, it can be tricky to have everybody happy in this case and it can even jeopardize the business with the Investor, but is good to clarify this ahead to avoid problems with your Realtor and keep getting leads from him.Note: for us the MLS has not been really useful to find leads here in the DC area, the heavy discounted properties are taken long before they hit the market, and the few good ones that appear in the MLS doesn't last much or get multiple offers from inexperienced investor that pay to much (and probably don't get any profits at the end)