I'm so glad to have found this online community and resource to help me get started on my real estate rental investment.

You are better off hiring a personal assistant or real estate assistant to help you.

Always try to double the project budget & time to prepare for the worst.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I have been trying to get into WholeSaling real estate to extent from the other real estate investing I do.

In Real Estate, if a seller is aware of an issue with his home, he needs to disclose that to future potential buyers.   

Everybody thinks they understand real estate, after all its just walls and a roof?  

I would like to know if there are any big real estate clubs in the east bay that I can network and hold monthly meet ups?

I have 8 years experience in commercial construction, civil engineering, and project management, so hoping to leverage that skillset to help me.

I am currently trying to learn more about wholesale real estate and seeking ways on where I should start.

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!