The Louisville and Southern Indiana real estate markets have seen notable shifts this year.

I acknowlegde my questions are rudimentary and are probably obvious/ridiculous, as someone whose never worked before and I may not be asking the right questions.

However, if you ALWAYS plan on staying invested in real estate, it doesn't matter as a long as 1031 is good for it. 

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.

Most real buyers will have agents and will put it in their offer that the payment for the buyer agent come from the settlement funds.

Hey James,Great question!

Hi Matthew,This is a great and valid question!

My practice area ties heavily into the real estate industry and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on ways to build my referral network both in law and real estate as I plan to do some heavy real estate investing in the near future. 

Hello allWould like to get some advice from Real Estate Developers...So, we're in Canada and we own several rental properties, and want to expand our portfolio.