For me, weekly check-ins and just being real with my team—like saying, “Hey, I’m not sure, let me check on that”—have saved so many situations.

Hi All,I am an investor, and Property Manager on the SW side in Chicago- I recently passed my RE Exam and looking for a sponsoring broker that I can team up with and learn the ropes.

Good luck with the team-building :) that is the most important phase, without which, growth and scalability will be hard to achieve!

Over this time I have acquired my contractor team and have vetted them through my job as a property manager, figured out my strategy(Off Market/Deep buying) and location.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.Here is my generic beginner advice.1.

Since this is something that is best done with a team of experts that know a lot more than I do I am putting this request with help from the bigger pockets community to get me started on my road to success. 

I love generic questions!"

Stay hyperlocal and get a good team in place locally so you can recognize good people when you find them. 

In The Tampa Bay Area local investor in the items inside the home/business but looking to get with the right people to build a team.

Most who struggle with construction approach ground up construction using a generic cost per sq ft analysis which often backfires.