I signed up as a pro member of BP, joined a webinar by @Brandon Turner, analyzed a potential deal, have been listening to 1 podcast per day for 6 days a week, have been reading BP articles, started reading BP's The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing and Building Wealth One House at a Time, bought 4 BP books, created my BP profile, talked with a California real estate agent, talked with an Indiana real estate agent in referral, talked with a friend who's a real estate investor, asked friends for real estate agent referrals (even out of state like Nevada, Chicago and Tennessee), etc.Bottom line is I'm super pumped about real estate investing :) Just in case anyone is curious, I'm looking for a team of mentors, real estate markets outside of California markets, real estate agents, mortgage brokers/loan officers, real estate attorneys, property managers, contractors, insurance agents and handymen.

Find a deal that has enough information (Loopnet, an Offering Memorandum from a commercial broker,...) and adjust the sales price numbers.

I've used them as a Broker and buyer for years.

@Sean MoarefIf you need help finding better cash flowing properties in those areas,  I’m a broker that works with a lot of investors.

So after months of back and fourth between my agent, I finally got to talk to the sellers broker.

The rental market in my state is insane, median rent is around 1250/month most of what I can find is around $1500/mo, So I started thinking, Maybe I'll just get a house the mortgage wont be too much more, upon doing research and talking to mortgage brokers and real estate agents, on a 160k home with only 3.5% down My mortgage would be around 1400/month which includes taxes insurance pmi etc.

As a commercial broker I’m also curious if any of these developments have sold after being built out.

I'm sure the owners of Seamus, Felix's, Heavy Riff, and the like won't be complaining about 100 upper-middle class customers plopping down across the street.

What most, in my opinion, fail to realize is that as a property owner, you are providing a service to a customer, and as such, must be in a customer service oriented mindset.

I would assume the support and training wouldn't be nearly as good as if you had joined a local broker.