AActor *UactorComponent::GetOwner const - pointer to incomplete class type is not allowed

I'm new to UE4 development and I've followed Udemy's Unreal Engine Development course. I have created a new Component on an Actor, named PositionReporter with header PositionReporter.h

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"
#include "PositionReporter.generated.h"


UCLASS( ClassGroup=(Custom), meta=(BlueprintSpawnableComponent) )
class BUILDINGESCAPE_API UPositionReporter : public UActorComponent
{
    GENERATED_BODY()

public: 
    // Sets default values for this component's properties
    UPositionReporter();

protected:
    // Called when the game starts
    virtual void BeginPlay() override;

public: 
    // Called every frame
    virtual void TickComponent(float DeltaTime, ELevelTick TickType, FActorComponentTickFunction* ThisTickFunction) override;
};

and code in PositionReporter.cpp being

#include "PositionReporter.h"

// Sets default values for this component's properties
UPositionReporter::UPositionReporter()
{
    // Set this component to be initialized when the game starts, and to be ticked every frame.  You can turn these features
    // off to improve performance if you don't need them.
    PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick = true;

    // ...
}


// Called when the game starts
void UPositionReporter::BeginPlay()
{
    Super::BeginPlay();

    FString t = GetOwner()->GetActorLabel();

    UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Position Reporter reporting for duty on %s"), *t);

}


// Called every frame
void UPositionReporter::TickComponent(float DeltaTime, ELevelTick TickType, FActorComponentTickFunction* ThisTickFunction)
{
    Super::TickComponent(DeltaTime, TickType, ThisTickFunction);

    // ...
}

As you can see, I am now trying to call the GetName function on the Pointer to the AActor retrieved through GetObject().

However, as soon as I type "GetObject()->" no autocomplete pops up (as it does in the video) and when I add "GetName()" manually, I get the compiler error "pointer to incomplete class type is not allowed".

What am doing wrong? Am I missing an import or so? I already compared my code to Ben's git repo but can't find any differences. I am on unreal editor 4.16.0!

I noticed another strange thing: When I compile everything from Unreal Engine Editor, it compiles and runs fine. But when I compile it with VS 2017 I get the error, and I also dont get the Autocomplete, which is a real bummer. What am I missing?