Getting into real-estate investing for the first time can be a scary thing. But according to Kyle Mast, a certified financial planner, preparation can help mitigate fear when buying your first property. Establish a visionThe first is to develop a vision and a goal for where you want to go with real-estate investing and what you hope to achieve with it. The bigger this number is, the better position you are in to both secure a lower mortgage rate and weather any real-estate investing storms. "I would say one of the best things you can do is if you know somebody that does real-estate investing, buy them coffee, and just talk to them about it and see what they did."

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