I am excited to get started on the next one. 

Quote from @Will Greenlee: I would agree with @Drew Sygit every software has its kinks and this one along with all the other ones started somewhere.. 7-8 years ago Buildium was less effective than it is today, and now it is a lot better.

You may want to start with the BP agent finder for those markets and then work with them to find good PMs and lenders.

Personally, I started off getting referrals from other real estate investors when building my team but eventually found and added my own people to my network over time.

You can assume about 1% in closing costs in addition to commissions so you're starting around 7% before the seller gets any cash at closing. 

Hello Everyone!! I have been educating myself for the last 6 months on Real Estate Investing! I have my eye on this one Duplex In Central Pennsylvania. I’m open to all tips and also any RE Investors Meet-Ups in The Ge...

Unless you plan on scaling rapidly and just want to set things up a certain way starting out.

I would like to start investing in real estate once I get situated down there.

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I've worked with some Canadians buying  here in Ohio.Indeed, rather than selling your stocks to fund investments (and lose out on any potential price appreciation and dividend payments, as well as incurring capital gains taxes), a nice alternative is to borrow against some percentage of the holdings.You would start with the brokerage where you hold the stocks and see what their loan program looks like for the account you hold.