The most important thing is building the right real estate team and finding a great realtor to work with - someone who can plug you in with their GCs, PMs, lenders, etc.

But I want to know how to get started in real estate.

I've made it my mission to share my experience with as many real estate investors, home improvement contractors, and homeowners in the Greater Pittsburgh area as possible.I wanted to give you a heads-up about my experience with Affordable Dumpster Rental.

I recommend working an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation and tax planning.

There is nothing wrong with FHA, but most real estate pros would agree that if you are trying to get a seller to accept an offer when there are other competing offers, a conventional loan offer is going to usually be more favorable than an FHA offer at the same price.   

For commercial asset classes, local credit unions can often be an excellent resource for more complicated or unique property types. 

Have you invested in real estate before? 

I looked at almost every market in florida before I relocated from columbus ohio because miami Dade County has the most net migrations in the entire United States for one county. we build it in columbus ohio and it is worth approx 215k a door but down here all you'd have to do is change the assemblies and in miami that triplex would be worth more than 300k per door so closer to 900k depending on where you built it. new construction single family homes are going for around 330 per sq ft in the same area and a triplex is considered residential. by building codes a 4 unit is commercial I'd recommend 3 unit first or going as many units as possible if you have backing or your own cash. for each one we do we recommend 100k of liquidity. 

@Nicolette YorkRecommend 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.

Real estate is a long game, seems like a great cash flowing property.