Any investor friendly real estate agents here to help a newbie?

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Hello my name is Peter Ford. I'm pretty new to Bigger Pockets but this site came highly recommended. I have taken a serious interest in real estate investing recently. I want to become an independent and financially free entrepreneur and build my investment portfolio over time. I have not done any deals and I am still in the early learning/researching stages but I'd like to network with and meet people who will help me in my goal. I'm interested in working, for starters , with any investor friendly real estate agents in the Charlotte, NC area.

Curtis Waters · Answer

I am an active real estate investor and and investor-friendly real estate broker in the Charlotte area.  Let me know if I can assist you.

Brian Compton · Answer

Welcome, @Peter Ford. If you're looking to network you've come to the right place. Also I'd highly recommend going to meetup.com and searching for Charlotte REIAs to get involved in. There are various groups that meet nightly in Charlotte and surrounding.

I'm pretty new as well so if I can do anything to help you out please feel free to reach out.

Best of luck sir.

I'm pretty new as well so if I can do anything to help you out please feel free to reach out.

Best of luck sir.

Valerie Hiscoe · Answer

I have to disagree about there being no such thing as investor-friendly realtors. If every realtor understood investing, they'd all be doing it - and many don't. A realtor who specializes and understands investment properties is just as important to have on your team as a lender who specializes in the same. They are able to look at things differently and think 'outside the box'. You'll be hard pressed to find a realtor who will put in an offer for $1000s, sometimes tens of $1000s, below list price if they don't see what you do and know that they'll probably have to present 100's of those offers to get one sale just as you do. Although they won't waste their time with you unless it's part of a plan that they know you're serious about. Their time and reputation are their most valuable assets, but I've found that shockingly many realtors are also incredibly patient, helpful, and supportive if they think you're the real deal. They also hold the keys to the other people you need on your team - they'll most likely know the lenders, the inspectors, etc, etc, all the contacts that you'll need.

One of the best places to find them is going to be at some of the meetings, so I'd see what you can find and go from there. They'll tell you what you need to do in order for them to need to do something for you.

Paul Timmins · Answer

@Peter Ford

Welcome as stated the local REIA's will be a source of team members or referrals.

Two Great reads, I bought both J. Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,  The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs  http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook

Paul

Alex Franks · Answer

Guys understand there is no such thing as an investor friendly real estate agent

Two different types of agents in this business.

One who invest and under stands investments, one who sells retail.

@Michael Bowman invest , does property management , and sells investments

@Bonnie Laslo @Curtis Waters  not saying they are friendly ( LOL ) but Bonnie runs a group of agents including Curtis that understand investments and speak the language.

Just my two cents

Bonnie Told Talk Tank this morning you never called me  back LOL

Jared Nowland · Answer

I'm a realtor in the University to North Charlotte area and would be happy to meet and talk to anyone in Charlotte that is interested in getting started.  I have a few properties that are coming on the market soon if your interested in looking at them.  I also have some deal evaluation tools that will help you to run the numbers depending on what type of properties you are looking for.  Feel free to PM me if you want to meet up or have a phone conversation.

Peter Ford · Answer

Thank you Brian Compton for the welcome. I will definitely look into that.

Mohan Dag · Answer

I am in the same boat, and would love to talk to investor friendly realtor.

Any investor friendly real estate agents here to help a newbie?

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