To buy to invest and hold? 

@Kevin ApolinarioCongratulations on taking the steps toward your first real estate investment!

Quote from @Jerome Boudreaux:  If you're trying to get started in real estate investing and you have VA eligibility, using your VA loan is a great way to start.

A qualified CFP or CPA should be able to pay for themselves and I'm glad you're starting to think about this as an investment rather than an expense.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.

Things are going well so far - I am using Grant Shipman's model (LivingSmith) instead of padsplit, which works great for me.How nice are the neighborhoods you invest in? 

@Oleksandr IvanovskiyRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

@Stephen MageeRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

We decided to invest into real estate in our early 30s.

Hi I am from Toronto, Canada and planning to buy investment property in the USA.