I have been educating myself on real estate for a while now and although books, blogs and forums are great, finding an investor in the area to just chat with would be amazing.

I have been educating myself on real estate for a while now and although books, blogs and forums are great, finding an investor in the area to just chat with would be amazing.

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

If you need more ways to find motivated sellers and properties, I wrote a few BiggerPockets blog posts about finding them online, offline, and through relationships, that you might find helpful:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814/72016-55-resources-to-find-real-estate-deals-onlinehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814/71506-27-ways-to-find-off-market-and-wholesale-real-estate-deals-offlinehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814/72664-35-relationships-to-help-you-find-more-houses-to-flip-or-wholesaleInterested to hear how you’ve been, in terms of the cold calls and D4D since you started. 

Someone familiar with the area and flood plain maps should be able to compare the maps and various online resources (google earth) and have a pretty good idea if it is in or out. 

Zillow stock sinks on company's plan to start flipping homes https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/zillow-s...Zillow shares closed 6.5 percent lower Friday after the online real estate database company announced it will begin buying and selling homes, a capital-intensive endeavor.

Hey David, shoot me a message if you want to chat.

The main takeaway I have gained after reflecting on last summer is that 1) chasing money alone will not work in this business, and 2) that it cannot be done alone, instantly just like that, just after reading a few books or taking an online course.  

I've seen a few different articles online about this with conflicting calculations but basically what is my basis for this 1031 exchange here:-Bought a house for 63,240 paid in cash.

Hi @Kerry Jackson,I would recommend sitting down with a local real estate agent in your market potentially buying him or her lunch and have a chat with them.