Need to know whether flipping vs. renting makes more sense for your market? Don’t know if you can put offers on multiple houses simultaneously? Itching to hear how your flipping profits will affect your financeability on your next property? We’ve got time-tested real estate experts here to help you out! As always, Ashley and Tony are here to host this week’s Rookie Reply, but we’re also joined by Jake Kain, Arizona investor and agent who left the W2 life to start building a rental property and live in flip empire!Jake lends a helping hand in answering this week’s questions but also shares his own story about following your fire, starting a community, and how to become the “quarterback” of any real estate meetup. He’s expanded his network at lightning speed, allowing him to grow his portfolio to five units, all while flipping his own primary residences along the way. Jake helps answer questions about making offers on multiple houses, flipping vs. renting, how your DTI (debt-to-income ratio) could be impacted when house flipping, and where to find general contractors who will show up on time!If you want Ashley and Tony to answer a real estate question, you can post in the Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group! Or, call us at the Rookie Request Line (1-888-5-ROOKIE).In This Episode We CoverStarting your own real estate meetup and how it makes you the most popular person in the roomLeaving your nine-to-five to invest in real estate and becoming a real estate agentDebt-to-income ratios and whether or not selling a fixer-upper could help or hurt yoursThe art of making offers on multiple houses and what to do if they all acceptFlipping vs. renting and why different real estate markets require different strategiesHow to find contractors for home renovations and why the quickest workers are rarely the bestAnd So Much More!Links from the ShowFind an Investor-Friendly Real Estate AgentAshley's InstagramTony's InstagramBiggerPocketsReal Estate Rookie Facebook GroupBiggerPockets ForumsBiggerPockets BootcampAlpha Geek CapitalFacebook GroupsConnect with Jake:Jake's BiggerPockets ProfileJake's InstagramCheck the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-254Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Check out our sponsor page!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.