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

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@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

My main plan to use real estate for is to eventually generate passive income.

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.

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

@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.

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.

Like many real estate investors, my friends and family are not in this world, so I don't talk real estate with them.