And once you find an investor friendly agent, they probably have a good referral for an investor-friendly painter, and an investor-friendly painter may have a referral for a good investor-friendly electrician, etc. 2.

My friend has a condo and the current price is still lower than when he bought years back.

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I live in NJ but have some really good friends guiding me towards Scranton.

@Doronda PlacideJoin local real estate investor associations in your area and check Facebook for local meet-ups so you can network with investor-friendly agents or even wholesalers in your market that find deals

I don't know anything about knoxville but look to areas you have lived, have relatives, have good friends, know is landlord friendly and know is a growing market.

@Adam Rogalski the only way your going to get around what @Clayton Silva wrote, is by raising funds from family & friends - either 100% of what you need or enough to keep more of the deal for your "team".

After going this route, and further analyzing the property that I was looking at, with the higher interest rate, HOA fees, non-investor-friendly co-op rental policies, I walked away.

A friend of mine is using Community Bank of the South, which has 3 branches in Central Florida. 

Hi All, One of the main reasons that I began my venture in to real estate investing is to accelerate our family's plan to purchase property in Ireland to be closer to friends.