@John Warren As always, thank you for the kind introduction!

I know a couple of extremely solid real estate agents and VA lenders in both markets, let me know what you decide and I would be happy to make the introduction so you don't get stuck with the wrong person, haha

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I wanted to hop on for a quick second to introduce myself. I'm fairly new to the REI world. About a month ago, my brother, Zach, introduced me to RE and the idea of gaining Financial Independence. He is...

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction 2.

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction 2.

@De Chappell, I have a mortgage broker that works with private & hard money lenders if you'd like the introduction.

I just read Brandon Turner’s Book on Rental Property Investing, which is a very helpful introduction to buy and hold real estate investing, but doesn’t cover STR.

It's when you want more specific, finer-grained data, that they're happy to sell it to you.Individual investors as you're likely to find here on BP, can tell you their personal experiences buying a few properties in certain cities or town, but you're not likely to get a comprehensive overview of all cities and towns in the state, if that's what you're looking for.At the mid level, which you sometimes find here, are active agents who probably have a sense of trends in certain cities and towns, and will be happy to talk to you about their thoughts on that, but who still probably don't have access to enough transaction data to give you an idea of cap rates in every city/town (unless they pay for such reports and are happy to share the information with you as their client, of course :)If you're really asking, "where can I get the most bang for my buck?"

I am a new investor in the Winchester, VA area. Currently I am serving on Active Duty supporting the Covid-19 response with the Air National Guard, however, my normal full-time job is with the Federal Government. I ha...

Hello everyone! I am finally making my introductory post after listening to the BiggerPockets Podcast for a while and reading a few BP published books. My name is Thomas and I live in the great city of Chicago on the ...