Pittsburgh REIA

[Anthony Angotti]

Does anyone have any experience with the REIA in Pittsburgh? I am going to be getting my first place soon and was interested in joining, but didn't know how open it was to new members, what the structure is like, etc. I've taken a look at the website, but was hoping for a first hand opinion.

[Joe Calloway]

Anthony, 

I bought my first house in 2003 and joined ACRE shortly after that but the real tip is that i still attend every month and am I also am an active, as in I get free information and education every month, in PREIA (Josh Caldwell runs this one). I also frequent Jerry Kisasonak's group as well and a few other groups  (Otis DiCerbo and Brandin Yeagers groups both south of the city.)

Since I started attending I have purchased hundreds of house,flipped, wholesales a bunch and still hold 254 rental properties consisting of single family homes, small multifamily, warehouses and commercial properties totaling 357 units in all of these properties combined. 

Sometimes I get the question when I am at these events "Why do I still attend PREIA, ACRE etc... If I have so many properties and the answer is????

I have done well in real estate investing because I committed to educating myself not just when I started but each and everyday. That  commitment is even more important as you start growing your portfolio and that is why I checked BP when I woke up this morning and read a few blogs and a few posts. 

So join all of these groups, the cost compared to the info you get is an amazing value but more important than joining is attending, asking questions, meeting people etc...

If you join both ACRE and PREIA  this month, I will take you to lunch and share with you how we did it in the early years before we became Pittsburgh's #1 home buyer. 

Good Luck, 

Joe Calloway, RE360

PS. Excuse the spelling and grammar errors throughout this post I am in a hurry and frankly I am not that smart, which is the amazing thing about real estate investing a guy like me can build a company like RE360   And i am so bad a spelling that spell check cannot even identify what I am attempting to spell and I write a really really long sentence like this one with no punctuation