While I enjoy the hustle of real estate sales, my true goal is building a legacy for my family and helping others do the same.

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You can check out the BP books on househacking and I'd also look at out of state investing as well to get a better grasp on the key people you need!

I imagine there are some people on here that have used small business loans for this type of business or any business in general starting out.

Go to local real estate investor meet ups.

I would like to network with investors that have done hundreds of deals and have made multiple millions of dollars in real estate. 

What are your long term goals with real estate? 

I believe some of their people are likely here on the forums and can jump in, they also had a booth and sponsorship at last years BP con so if you went you may have seen them.I came across the service because I had a client who was going to self manage, and wanted me to lease the units for him, and the property was a mixed use building with his business operating out of the ground floor. 

The question for me is what are real specific reasons WHY this is happening in S-FL?

@John SleggStarting with flipping in real estate might not be good idea in HCOL area where everything is expensive and you pay lot of taxes.