It has been suggested to me numerous times that gathering your team prior to acquiring any real estate is essential to success.I would like to start going out and meeting with accountants in my area so that I may start this process, but I have no idea how it works.

Hello Michael, I think with so many ways to get started in investing you're bound to find numerous opinions on what is "the best" place to start.What are your mentors telling you?

Ask what they see them selling for and what expenses are by category.

Ask what they see them selling for and what expenses are by category.

I was on the computer all day everyday and started really looking onto real estate.We have bough and sold numerous properties in the last 4 years.

He has mentioned the carpets to me numerous times and I have noticed that there are more runs than there were initially (mind you while I was building storage units in the basement I could hear the dogs running back and forth and skidding on the carpets for hours).

There is a lot of great information provided.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/category/podcast/page/4/Best of Luck!

Tabs in the binder include categories like repairs, taxes, insurance, tenant leases/applications, condo documents, HUD, contracts, legal, etc.

Ask them what they see expenses running per category per unit.

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