New from Chicago

[Andrew Scheibe]

Hi everyone,

My name is Andrew. I am a broker working out of Chicago. I have a client who is an investor and he loves this site and suggested I check it out. I just wanted to introduce myself. I have been working full-time in real estate for about a year now and have learned so much by dealing with investors. My client and I are closing our 5th deal together this month, after working together for about 7 months. I just wanted to say hi and let anyone in need of some real estate agent advice know I am available. I don't want to get salesy as I know a lot of people are a little standoffish of agents. And that is definitely not my style.

I am also trying to get my feet wet on the investing side of things. Just not as sure where to get started with it. I like the idea of having a rental. But my client is flipping homes and I like that side, too. So any advice on that topic would be greatly appreciated.

Anyways, just wanted to say hello. 

-Andrew

[Wendell De Guzman]

Welcome to BP!

In addition to what everyone says, you can:

1) listen to the podcasts - specially mine at http://Biggerpockets.com/show65

And talking about rental properties, a good podcast to listen to is by @Brie Schmidt and another one is by @Mark Ainley

2) network like crazy here on BP. Make it a point to connect with 5-10 people every day (online and offline). The most successful real estate investors I know are master at connecting and they have a HUGE network

3) learn from what others do (read the Success forums as well as Deal Diaries). I have a "real estate reality show on the forums" as I update BP Nation what I do in my real estate business every single week. Here's the link:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/183925-make-1m-in-12-months-real-life-of-a-real-estate-investor-year-2