Especially cause I feel your pain.

I have ideas of how to meet my goals and step my foot through the door of RE Investing but with my lack of experience I would be very grateful if there is anyone in my area (Lake Wylie, SC/ Charlotte, NC) with more experience and willing to sit down for 10-30 minutes with me and help me get over the fear factor of taking that first step, and help me feel comfortable to be able to take action and start the journey.

Feel free to reach out

Access to the MLS definitely has a mafioso-type feel to it, since you have to pay monthly dues.

It is the most popular software in the industry and all CPAs know how to navigate it which is nice.At the bareminimum, you should do the following to make your bookkeeping easier:1 Dedicate onechecking account and credit card exclusively to real estate.

@Marius FleischerYou will have 50% of people tell you that you should invest there and 50% say otherwise or provide areas they feel are betterEach area has positives and negatives - my recommendation is to visit each of these areas then shortlist them and continue to figure out where to invest

If you need any pointers feel free to reach out. 

Best,Mario You may not see the results, making you feel like there is no purpose, or it seems too easy to be true.

Based on my very limited understanding I would want to leverage my first time home buyer to buy at least a duplex though i would really like to get my hand into a triplex to increase the cash flow while living in 1 unit for a year (lot of tricks and tips here to not have to live in there for a full year which i would like to learn more as well) and lease out other unit(s).

I see this topic has been covered in other forums so feel free to direct me elsewhere rather than responding here.