I'm in the process of searching for my first investment property and was wondering how important it was to link up with a good RE attorney before closing on a property? 

It is so important to understand the rules and pitfalls, it can be so expensive and time consuming to make an ignorant mistake and end up in court.

Remember that money is the most important factor.

Another remainder why it is important not to ignore your tenant(s) maintenance requests!

I started at 7 am with this blueprint and it's now 12:16 am and I'm finishing half of the 1 level building.I should have reached out to someone experienced in this area before showing my inexperience in front of important people so before it gets worst is there any advice or pointers someone can give?

It's also important that your money and realtor get along... nothing like losing a deal in the final hours as your loan falls apart.

I do believe you need to get used to seeing what a distressed property looks like and then finding the owner, taxes owed, and mailing address for the, because that is very important.

Two of the most important factors credit score and DTI.

It’s a love and most importantly an interest that not many people have.

I did mine with 30 year amortizations but 10 year balloons, which was particularly important as I got older.