I'm a big advocate of self-managing your rentals at some point in a REI's career.

Be confident, friendly and self assured when you are meeting people.

Your profession should be a great source of private money from retirees using self directed IRA's.Using your agent experience consider calling the MLS expired listing great source of potential wholesale deals or referrals to other agents as new listings.

It helped me feel more comfortable and confident when I was talking to him.

The shear wealth of information contained in the podcasts and on the website is unreal and has given us the confidence to go for our first deal.

It would be wise to screen and be confident in their ability and desire to pay rent to you.

Two things I am less confident about are: 1) the construction quality (is it a "cracker box", did the foreman let the guys cut corners to make a deadline or save a buck or simply because he was too busy) and 2) if the home in question turns out to inspect well, how how well the neighborhood is going to fare over time if it's less than 5 or 10 years old?

To answer your question related to challenges getting started flipping homes, the biggest one is having the confidence to pull the trigger.

There is so much information out there, it all seems a bit overwhelming and intimidating right now, but I'm confident that real estate investing is the smartest way I can invest in my future financial success!

This person has shown me much confidence and experience.