How’s everyone doing ?I’m very new to this but I’m proud to say I am now an investor, I just haven’t invested in anything yet. I plan on taking a few years saving my money and learning as much as I can about real esta...

You'll want to ask about their experience, read reviews, understand their availability, pricing, insurance / bonding, and how they safeguard their funds. 

Would help if you stated what questions you had so people could reply right away.I have knowledge on HELOANs but not direct experience.

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

Please share any helpful resources, your personal experiences, and what you have found to be valuable with every transaction.

(been working and succeeding since 2008 or before, someone you have experience with, good returns, close to 5yr investment?)

In our view, experience and integrity are by far the most important parts of any private loan.

New agents can often compensate for lack of experience with enthusiasm, professionalism, hard work, or even their good looks.

You can also search Google and read reviews.

We had to move fast and initially decided to sell it, the relator who was helping us somehow convinced us we should make it a rental property......... and let her be our tenant (insert face palm here) so since we had no real estate experience and we were already moved away, we agreed.