Educate yourself on the local market, network with other investors and agents, and always have a solid plan in place before making any investments.

Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

He also founded an HVAC company with 110 employees, and also ran several construction companies.

I'm local and looking to see if anyone is nearby and wondering some things like how well BRRRR might work in our market (my feeling is not as well as others).Look forward to getting to know you!

IF you want a VA company I can recommend the company we use out of brazil.

I would get in touch with a local builder, and see about getting a mentorship on down days and days you have off..

Local real estate agent.

I am currently self employed as a GC with my own company: Carolina Premier Homes.

I'm the VP of a roofing company in South Florida and work with a few good PM companies on a regular basis, a lot of bad ones too.There are good and bad PMs in each of those companies. 

Hey @Aaron Price, I think the best way you can get started in real estate is to reach out to local investor-friendly agents in your market.