For people in the Brooklyn area, do you have any cement/concrete professional that you'd recommend? 

I'm going to get slammed with a nice tax bill, but I will also make a ton of money.Every time you look to buy an asset, you should have an exit, whether it is a sale or a flip or a refi.

I recently moved here, and my friend in real estate development mentioned that their analytics indicate 120 people move to Raleigh each day.

Unless perhaps you're buying a multi-million $ unique home. 

I think both need a great deal of people skills being able to deal with multiple different people with multiple different desires in the transaction and being able to balance all of that is hard work in of itself.

Many people mentioned that it is strongly recommended to have a CPA as a part of the team. 

Just like many people ask about real estate friendly CPAs or investor friendly agents, I would be looking for experienced loan officers who also "buy what they sell". 

I know a lot of people on BiggerPockets talk about real estate investing as a means to an end, but I'm think I might also just really enjoy the strategy, execution, and hands-on work involved.

I would be willing to do business with them again.My overall comment is that they are "Expensive But Worth It".Here's the story:  I wanted to buy a property which had serious bad paper After six months of negotiations with the various parties involved, they agreed to do the deal, on condition that I close in 7 days. 

I been seeing people utilizing heloc more than cash out refinances due to the high rates.