Regardless of whether that person in your chain is an investor or not, they can help you navigate the process. 

Hello!I have just closed on a 2 unit property in North Carolina and inherited tenants in one of the units. They are paying way below market value for their unit and it would be ideal if I could either propose a rent i...

Once you have done several deals, you may be able to navigate without an agent.

They have multiple models, you just need to navigate the site to see them.

You can see what the neighborhood looks like, sometimes you can see the neighbors if they happen to be out, and you can literally navigate throughout the area. 

Reach out to Brandy Schlesinger with Grugnale & Schlesinger pc located in Wakefield  to help you navigate.

Any thoughts on how to navigate the risk?

And yet, they still have to hassle me about things like equity positions, seasoning, and all the other rigor marole.

@Joel Owens that makes a lot of sense and I will keep that in the back of my mind as I navigate residential at first.

It's more Real Estate Agent based but I've found ActiveRain to be helpful sometimes:https://activerain.com/Reddit also has a forum that might be a little harder to navigate but still has plenty of info: https://www.reddit.com/r/realestateinvesting/