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Matthew Posteraro
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How do I get involved in Real Estate while I begin to save money for a down payment?

Matthew Posteraro
  • New to Real Estate
  • Hatfield, PA
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Me and my wife are planning on starting our investment journey by buying a multi-family home that we would live in as our primary residence. Before this we are planning to go debt free in the next 4 months. Then after that is achieved, we will begin saving for a down payment on our first house that we plan to buy in the next 2-4 years. I am someone who learns by doing, and beside reading as many books as possible during this time I am looking for ways to get my foot in the door of real estate investing. I work as a nurse, so I do normally have four days off per week that are free to explore real estate further but starting next month I will be working nights for the foreseeable future. 

I am not looking to get a real estate license for now, so that has seemed to limit my options as well. Any suggestions or pointing in the right direction would be appreciated. I am looking for any type of avenue that would give me first hand experience in any aspect of real estate investing, managing, etc. Thanks in advance for your help!

P.S. I am in the PA market in the suburbs of Philly and looking to invest in the Lehigh Valley area or as far south as Quakertown area. 

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Nathan Gesner
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Nathan Gesner
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Be careful of people offering to help. They are most likely selling something.

Definitely listen to the David Green Podcast on YouTube. Much better, more honest than when he was on BiggerPockets. There's no better person to follow right now.

Check out Set for Life by Scott Trench. It's a great book about how he became debt-free and started investing in house hacks.

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