Look around REI resources and check out the Ultimate Beginners guide.

They tell you about how the investor will cut you out the deal and you will end up wasting your valuable time.2.

I highly recommend that you check out ALL of the BP podcasts because they contain a lot of valuable and insightful information that will help you expand your business.

Check out the ultimate free beginners guide here under the learn tab above.You don't need an agent although they can be a great help with comps.

I left out many details to try to not bore you guys to death, your time is valuable!

So I'll give you what they gave me...http://www.biggerpockets.com/tour   -   this is a brief overview of most everything on the sitehttp://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing   -   Ultimate Beginner's Guide (free ebook to getting started, very informative and I would start by reading this if you haven't already)http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts  -   setting up keyword alerts for your area and things like thatAs for local seminars, there's the Columbia Real Estate Investors Association.

A good place to start is the free beginners guide under the learn tab above. 

Of course, you need to read The Ultimate Beginners Guide to REI here on BPIf you haven’t already, please read/listen to these books ASAP!

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!