As you point out, the more experienced will be in a better position to take advantage of any (smaller) correction.

We would never, ever substitute an online service for an experienced local attorney.

Hello to experienced landlords,  I just had my first turnover in the duplex and I got following complaint from the tenant.

If by "trying your hand at wholesaling" you mean bird dogging for an experienced wholesaler in your market, then that's a find way to get started.If you mean go out and try it by yourself based upon reading a little about it and listening to a podcast, see the sentence directly above.

They have experienced vacancies and repairs and maintenance issues that they never had in Honolulu and their rents AND values DECREASED.So because I invest for profit, NOT cash faux and know my appreciation rate I am up in rents and over a million in appreciation."

I'll be talking with an experienced real estate attorney about this tomorrow, but I'm eager to hear from others here who might have done a similar deal, or ran from one with good reason.  

Would any experienced real estate investor be willing to mentor me?

To add to my predicament, I have recently re-located from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh so my network is thin and my familiarity of the area is growing but not that of those experienced agents I'm competing with. 

You are more experienced than quite a few members on BP whether you know it or not!

Thanks Max, I was hoping to do most of that myself, but will probably have to have a contractor or someone experienced in jacking houses come in.