When buying your 1st home/real estate investment is a real estate agent needed on your side?

Currently, this duplex isn't cash-flowing as I bought it as a primary home with less than 25% down.

My personal home almost doubled in value in 2 years and while many markets have gone down the last 6 months, we've been mostly flat.  

Ideally, if there's an investor in the Augusta, GA area I'd LOVE to shadow you or even do some rehab labor for you on weekends so I can get my hands dirty and see how the wheels really turn.Aside from that, if anyone has any general tips for making connections with local real estate investors or things I should be reading about, I'd love to learn from you!

Access to the MLS and access to homes that are vacant to see.

If the bank statements don't match the W2, we assume the W2 is fake.Good tip!

@Roy Gottesdiener What you don't cover is the growth potential for the six single family homes you currently own.  

Any tips, experiences, or best practices you can share would be greatly appreciated!

You can do cost segregation on your properties and generate a lot of deductions – but if you can get advantage of those deductions and move them from the passive side to the active side (via REPS) it’s another question (and unlikely if you have a W2 job, maybe a stay at home significant other?).

They do not want to work from home every day, but also do not want to make the long commute to the office.Thus, it seems to me that there is good reason to believe that small office spaces, including for small local/regional firms, services firms, and co-working spaces near large suburbs will see a steady increase in demand with little net new supply for the next several years.