Full transparency I am a seasoned property manager and will be opening my own brokerage soon - working as Director of Operations of another brokerage right now.

We set up our infrastructure and are very organize and thorough, and through the year we made some significant progress and went on a learning phase to get better each day and closer to our first deal.As foreign investors we have to rely on hard money which gives a less edge, and face uncertainty with contractors not knowing real pricing and such.We are constantly on the look out for new investment opportunities.The problems we are facing right now is not knowing good contractors and the high competition on the MLS.We just started learning more about off market properties and sending direct mail.We would like to hear from your experience what should our next step be as newbie investors, and if there are some foreign investors here with tips.Thank you so much guys, best of luck to all! 

@Stanton Ward since you are married now if you purchase a home both you and your spouse will be in the Deed.

Now, I'm seeking to scale up and build my portfolio by investing in multi-family properties.

Every time I am out there now I am picking up poop.

I actually have been house hacking for two years now.

My previous post was about GPTs, now would love to chat about Stable Diffusion Models and Image generation for interior/exterior inspiration. 

I am reading through the "Real Estate by the Numbers" book now, and am still in the beginning where it discusses personal financial statements.For the past two decades I have been using financial aggregators to monitor my finances.

But let's put that on hold for now...Let's take your statement of "I want to focus on wholesaling".

I'm a realtor currently trying to gain contacts and two key ones I'm lacking right now are an inspector and a handyman.