It’s awesome to find someone else starting out on this journey.I’d love to connect and maybe meet up to share experiences and tips.

Perhaps if we find a local mentor with rehab experience, we could consider that.

The experience highlighted the importance of strong partnerships and local market knowledge.

Not looking at experience, just age.

Once you have experience and a team to work with there will be plenty of time to go for bigger deals.

Sharing your experience is one thing, but giving legal or tax advice is quite another.  

@Richie Thomas @Jessie Kristie There are some builders who will sell to investors and my recent experience has been a $400/$500 actual gross positive monthly cash flow.

Also, I have no experience in trades or homebuilding, both of which (in hindsight) would have been nice to work on.Any general or anecdotal advice would be much appreciated.

I, like many used to think “newbies” posted questions or asked for “help” to obtain the best advice from experienced investors, obtain guidance on strategic alternatives, or get a qualified opinion on whether the latest hot guru was worth the $40k price of admission.But, I was WRONG.No, none of those reasons are why newbies come to BP.They don’t want to find out that their “revelation” about how to invest has been tried about 10 million times - with limited successThey don’t want to learn that without capital, knowledge and experience their willingness to commit weekends is near uselessThey don’t want our opinion that they should skip trying to wholesale and spend some time learning as a licensed agentThey don’t want advice that has them taking classes at community colleges or learning real estate law, finance, or principles.So WHAT do they seek when they come to BPThey want comfort, encouragement. and to be told their thoughts are correct.

I've been working with a buyer's agent for many years with several transactions, mostly not investment related. I'm working with a loan broker they recommended. For rental real estate purchases, should I be working wi...