I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to utilize that to invest in real estate yet, but it doesn’t hurt to ask, right?

What surrounding areas are you looking into or have invested in?

A real estate agent with knowledge of investments, analyzing deals, knowing construction, and having crucial contacts will drastically improve your odds of success.

Coming from the buy and hold side of investing, I'm very focused on cash flow, cash on cash, and then looking at the other ways that I value a deal (appreciation, principal paydown, etc.).  

Hi folks -I'm new to BP and real estate (but very familiar with finance and comfortable with early-stage risk in general - I come from the tech venture world).I'm considering making a small hybrid equity investment / loan to a developer building homes.

I have decided that I want to get into a Real Estate Investing. 

@Faiyaz Hashmi thanks for your tag and I just DMed you a list of Chicago and suburb real estate investing groups.  

@Nick LongI think you're overcomplicating this... if it's a fixer, once it's rehabbed, just refinance it into either a conventional investment loan, or a DSCR loan.DSCR loans don't have the 12-month clock - you can usually refinance 90-180 days after purchase.  

Has anyone here invested in Watertown NY ?

Good afternoon, After looking in Florida, we are expanding our search for an investment property in the Columbia, SC area.