You should always vet your agent to ensure they are experienced and working hard, full-time, in the market.It's nice if you can find an agent that specializes in real estate investing, but any solid agent should work well for you. 

Regardless of where you are at in your investing life there is more to learn.BiggerPockets has helped me see broader issues in RE across the country as well as  different investment approaches.Another thing is reading the stories of success and failure. 

Rock solid rental while the money is in the stocks doing double duty as the principle investment as well as your down payment equivalent.

This story probably explains something that happened when I suddenly got a credit limit reduction on my Wells Fargo card .

I've been thinking about this as well.

Been awhile since my last BP post so I'm happy to be back!

Check websites like Spot Crime to see what's happening in that immediate area.I'm an investor-friendly agent in Richmond, as well as an investor myself.

But David and Cody are legit and their course is well thought out and worth the investment. 

If it was a primary residence, there are conventional low LTV's, and as a popular second home destination,10-15% down payments for a SFR is common for well qualified buyers.

The last note was that i learned what a series liability is and was curious if i may be better off doing one of those because i have 2 properties and plan to slowly add more (Maryland does not offer series llc but wyoming does).