I’d really love to fix and flip and buy long term rentals but I just don’t have the cash yet and I understand that hard money lenders are very expensive for new investors.Any tips or legal advice for this area would be very helpful!

Any tips or advice would be wonderful. 

Just because the home itself looks the same doesn't mean the rest of the property does.And here's some quick tips from another article here on BP that will help round out my answer.

what do you guys think about other commercial properties like office buildings?

Any tips, trick, or advice would be super helpful! 

Other than that, in general terms, you need to learn 3 things:1 - How to analyze Markets...not properties2 - How money works3 - How to develop, and stick to, a REI Business planAll three are critical to your success, and all three are equally important, and in fact, depend on eachother.Thanks Joe, these are great tips. 

I don't want to give my company info out but if you PM me I'll give you our office # and you can call them.

hey guys so to start off with I'm 22 years old and looking to invest into real estate. me and my two friends(also 22) have created a team and are looking into buying our first multi family property to rent out. to any of you who already own rental properties what would you guys have for advice for someone just starting out. what is something you would've done different when you were just starting out. right now the biggest thing is getting the money for a down payment. anybody have suggestions or tips or any types of loans that don't require such a large down payment. any feedback is much appreciated. 

Can you share some of your tips on how you go about developing these relationships?

My wife is officially unemployed when she quit her job managing a law office.