Hey guys,So I'm a month or two away from completing my move to the United States, Pittsburgh specifically, and I need a whole bunch of help figuring out what I should pursue once I get over there, so I've started doing some research.A bit about me:As per the title, 27, moving to the US from New Zealand, and have around $100k cash at my disposalFiance lives in the US, and makes around $40k a yearHave experience flipping houses, done 4 to date, I'm competent at and confident with most aspects of construction and project managingHave experience being a landlord, although I suspect I'll have to relearn most of it with the different laws and suchI have no college level or professional qualifications, I just finished high school, attended university but dropped out to pursue real estateA very fast learner and willing to lead or work under someone.So that's basically my background.

A unique aspect GMB has is you can lock in the current interest rate at any time before the 5 years is up for a small fee for an additional 5 years.

In an active investment, boots on the ground are critical and you want concentration where you have a strategic advantage, which is usually your backyard ... if you want to diversify, then buy a passive investment like a REIT or S&P500 index fund and be done with it.2: 6-8% has been the long run average appreciation rate over the last 40+ years, and for almost that entire time it has looked expensive compared to other markets if going on price alone and people have been saying it won't keep going ... ask some old timers and look at the historic data if you don't believe me ... if you are talking about just this cycle, you may be right, but if you are talking long term, which is where your head should be IMO if you are getting into buy and hold REI, then I think the underlying supply and demand fundamentals are solid.

It is especially important from the attorney's aspect because contingencies need to be added in to the Contract through the attorney review process which will enable you to assign the contract to a third party, and perhaps limit your exposure to your earnest money deposit only. 

You have come to the right place to learn about all aspects of real estate.

I've been lucky to experience many aspects of developing property through my job and think this could be a good route for me.Unfortunately I have no money to do this myself at this time.

I'm currently looking in my area for a property management positions, or some other aspect of real estate exposure to broaden my knowledge. 

We are open to all aspects of real estate investing though and I also have some interest in wholesaling as well as storage unit facilities.

I got Possession in early July, I did a fair bit of the renovations myself, but did hire out aspects (like electrical and drywall).

In order to get truly great deals, you need to learn the marketing and lead generation aspect in order to find motivated sellers that want to sell their house(before they list them online).The path that I would recommend, which you can start now, is to begin working on generating a motivated seller lead funnel.