Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

While I haven’t chosen a specific niche yet, I’m leaning toward purchasing a multi-unit apartment where my 20-year-old son could live and help manage while we rent out the other units—essentially a form of house-hacking.So far, I’ve connected with a few real estate agents and gained MLS access, which has been a great starting point.

Even with a great opportunity, trust is the foundation of any partnership.In my partnership, we had already worked together on multiple deals—me as the agent and him as the investor buyer—so we had established a strong foundation of trust.

If I am all in on the property for 360k (purchase and some finishing construction as well as carry costs) and the home is valued at 450k or more (based on what im told by agents as well as my own analysis while staying conservative), that is 20%+ equity I believe, unless I am missing something.

It's like real estate agents, the bar is too low, but the brokerages like it that way because they make money off the agents who do no deals.

Sometimes agents do it because they don't know any better, are order takers, or make a mistake.  

as others have stated, if a RE agent does not believe they can sell the property, find a different agent that believes they can sell the property.  

Selling makes agents money and the IRS if you don''t 1031, it's almost always better to re-leverage instead.

Quote from @Jonathan Grzeszczyk: David Greene has a series (Sold, Skilled, Scale) that teaches agents how to run their business like a business.

I am an investor and an agent in the Daytona Beach and surrounding area.