Hello BP!

[Daniel Araujo]

I am new to the forum and new to real estate in general. Early this week we began the process of hunting for our first home. I ran across BP as I researched buying a home and something just clicked this week. We have decided to seriously pursue REI.
The plan is to take out an FHA loan and purchase a multifamily in the next year or so. I am just working on raising some more cash and improving my credit a little bit more.
In the meantime, I am looking to invest as much time as I possibly can in this next year in order to learn as much as I can about REI and my market (central mass btw) before I invest. 
I have been lurking on BP this past week, and to be frank, have been overwhelmed with the amount of information available. I dont even know where to start. 
Any recommendations? Also, as an avid reader I'm looking for some books on the subject, what books do you guys recommend? 
Any info and help would be very much appreciated. 
I really look forward to sharing my new journey with you guys. Hopefully it will be a successful venture! 

[Shaun Reilly]

Hi Daniel, welcome to BP.

This is a great place to learn. Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.

This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business. Lots of great connections all over but we also have a very strong and active contingent here in MA on here so make sure to find them (Set up some keyword alerts to find out about local topics) and get connected.

Besides doing that on here make sure to get out to some of the many local investor events we have.  You definitely should check out the Black Diamond meeting in Worcester.  They alternate monthly with their Waltham location but this is a Worcester month with the meeting coming up on Tuesday.  Besides that there are some landlord groups out in Worcester County and lots of other general meetings in Eastern MA.