First, I think self-doubt and fear keep most people from trying something new or investing in real estate.

My goal is to help people invest in properties and grow my business, but as a beginner, I'd love some advice on getting my foot in the door. 

In my experience, the best thing to do is warn people over and over again.

Quote from @Devin James: Quote from @Scott Mac: Maybe the infrastructure, electrical grid, water sewer, pavement thickness on the roads, cannot handle the extra people in the area.

You will only get people calling to yell at you if you have an area code from CA.  

So far, we have shortlisted Columbus, Orlando, Indiana, Vegas and Rochester.we live in Toronto and we really would like to connect with people like us who already started their journey to know about their experiences and insights of investing in the US! 

I can see many people's recommendations in the other thread being focused on house hacking, which makes sense to me. 

I know that there's some other people on this website that may be more familiar with it though.

We often advise people to house hack when getting started and you are a real success story!

I’m especially interested in learning from those with experience in more expensive housing markets and from people who used really estate as a way to invest for their kids' colleges.