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., fix-and-flip, rental properties, commercial real estate)?

Hey @Jose Almonte - good question, I recommend reading a few real estate books (you only really need to read just 1 basic RE book). 

Hey Rowan, It's impressive that you're diving into real estate investing at such a young age.

Partner Driven found this deal through direct outreach and networking with local sellers in Houston.

I am looking to make my first step into real estate investing in a year two by building a new duplex in the Lehigh acres area of Florida.

Hello all,Business is going well, and most of you know me as an investor focused Realtor in Omaha and in the next couple months I have the amazing opportunity to scale that business exponentially as the Acquisitions Director for an amazing Real Estate Company (more info to publish later) but I am actually seeking recommendations for a good real estate tax professional who serves the Omaha area.Basically I am already formed as S Corp but I am forming an LLC (potentially under my S Corp) with myself and the contractors I work hand in hand with to renovate properties with the intent of serving under one "legal" roof when we assist investors in finding and renovating properties for investors and want to make sure we set ourselves up as strong as possible.Any recommendations?

Partner Driven found the Sleepy Hollow Ln deal through our extensive network and local market knowledge.

A good local real estate agent.Of course having a back-up to 1-4 above will help too.Thanks again

I think i remember reading that you can also demonstrate accreditation status by working in some capacity for the syndicator, or also by working "meaningfully" in real estate anywhere in some capacity, and these don't have a dollar value ie. the 300k joint filing or 1Meg net worth threshold. but the amount of due diligence required to invest in a private syndication is/should be a lot, which always are more opaque than a public RE investment, like REITs, is something you may want to avoid until you have been involved in RE directly for some timeconsider mortgageREITs, eg.