Basically, I need a whole team: a real estate agent, a loan broker, possibly a property manager, etc.

I'm Suhael from Downers Grove, Illinois, passionate about real estate investing for passive rental income.

What are key questions to ask to aid in the vetting process?

I’ve been actively making offers on duplexes for the past several months because I want to get started in real estate now.

I have some experience buy and hold rental properties, and now I want to do flips, I need investors and I have some that have shown interest, in addition to speaking to private lenders that are willing to fund 70% of the LTV (based on the desired property)I'm seeing a lot of deals from wholesalers, but the problem is, some of them close in 2 weeks and some as long as a month, and they don't take conditional offers, and the good ones fly off the shelf really quick.My question is, how does someone like me close one of those deals within this short period, how do you arrange the equity and financing with little to no inspections sometimes even.I'd like to know how do I prepare myself to be able to close one of these good deals right away when they are offered to me and many others?

I am currently 21 years old, and have recently begun to get into what it would look like to invest in real estate.

This is because it is expensive to buy and sell real estate.

I ask this question because there are many markets that are growing in population and want to be a step ahead.

@Cathy LiRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Hi @Josh Carpenter - this is a great question and one I've discussed and brainstormed with before.