Hello Trying to get back on the real estate investing space and build new connections that can help me to speed up the process.

Now, it took me many years and a lot of real estate trading to get to this place with my bank, but that is why I highly recommend that RE investors work hard and finding and nurturing a local banking relationship.

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

It is entirely possible that a Sponsor can be approved, but an individual offering may not.This industry, like all real estate, has its ups and downs.

Biggerpockets could implement AI to check EVERY website at once for data which will make numbers more accurate and make investing faster.5: What about tax savings real estate has tax advantages, BiggerPockets could implement a system that shows you step by step how to save money on taxes.

Hey all my name is Laurence I’m a brand new member of np I  live in Orlando fl I’ve listened to about 100 episodes of the podcast I have zero real estate experience I’m looking to buy my first property to house hack this year I have a decent amount of money in the savings account I could use for a down payment also have a good credit score I don’t have a high monthly income unfortunately but just looking for any advice or tips or friends to bounce ideas off I’m debating which market would be better between the central Florida area or the Tampa area I also would love to get involved in flips at some point 

Its a way to scale up without battering your own personal ability to buy personal real estate.

Equity earns 0% interest (inflation will destroy your purchasing power) your real estate investment will Appreciate or Crash regardless of how much down payment you put on your home.

Admittedly, I am not one that typically finds paid mentorship very valuable, but I also respect that my degree is in business with a focus on real estate, and my first job out of college was in real estate (so it is a little hard for me to take my 20 yrs of knowledge and rewind it to try to view mentors from a completely fresh lens).A couple points: I view mentors, especially these expensive ones as a catch-22. 

As far as some other comments about like kind etc, you can sell this SFR and then buy a warehouse, or vacant land or even exchange into a DST there are many other assets that are considered 'like kind'.