{"id":137637,"date":"2021-04-30T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?post_type=path-to-purchase&#038;p=137637"},"modified":"2021-10-17T12:44:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T18:44:49","slug":"investor-friendly-real-estate-agents","status":"publish","type":"path-to-purchase","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/investor-friendly-real-estate-agents","title":{"rendered":"Finding Investor-Friendly Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden my-20\" x-data=\"{activeTab: 1}\" id=\"education\">\n  \n  <!-- Heading Label -->\n      <p class=\"text-slate opacity-60 mb-0 text-center font-bold uppercase text-md\">Education<\/p>\n      \n  <!-- Heading -->\n      <h2 class=\"js-toc-ignore mt-0 text-center text-slate font-bold\">Learn the basics<\/h2>\n    <!-- Tabs -->\n      <div class=\"tabs flex justify-center space-x-3 relative z-20 mb-12\">\n          <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 1, \n  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