I'd encourage you to reach out to more experienced investors in your area!

There are a lot of us out there that just want to find a reputable, experienced professional and make 12% on our $. 

The principles remain the same: you still need a LOCAL team that you trust: Realtor, Contractor/s for starters, and a great Internationally experienced Tax Accountant back home...

I'd encourage you to reach out to more experienced investors in your area!

I'd encourage you to reach out to more experienced investors in your area!

I am a newer investor so I haven't dealt with too many realtors, but I have experienced 1 VERY unprofessional realtor and 1 somewhat shady realtor.

There are also tax consequences to owning properties in entities, and how you chose to have that entity taxed, in the case of an LLC.For what it is worth most experienced landlords hold properties in LLCs. 

Maybe if you were to phrase this as I have "BLANK" (weather it be free time or man power) to help any experienced investor doing "BLANK" (whatever it is you want to learn) you would have a solid shot at finding a mentor in your area that is already doing what it is that you want to learn.

They can often be panicky Petes and unless they have an experienced agent to counsel them. 

Particularly on the Maryland side of the border, the state of Maryland no longer allows agents to be involved in the negotiation process with the bank....this has dramatically increased the degree of difficulty in getting a short sale through.