Real estate rookie - coffee on me!

[Alex Kesner]

Now that I have your attention with the title of this post...

Hello BP world! My name is Alex, my wife & I are rookie investors and have just recently dove head first into education on RE investing.

We bought our own first home last year, she runs her own business and I'm looking for my way out of the rat race & to be financially free to spend more time with our now 1 year old daughter, and jump into my wife's business full time (if she hires me of course).

I've been researching all the types of REI and think I have it nailed down to buy & holds for residual income & wholesaling for quicker cash for what I want to specialize in. The logic of it all mostly makes sense to me for how to find properties, run comps, reach out to sellers, owners, etc. (I'm in sales so it that comes naturally to me). The part where I'm stuck is alllllllllll of the financing options. I've heard about hard money, traditional, HELOCs, etc. and it makes my head spin! Would love to get any insight on that if someone is willing to put up with my millions of questions.

My main goal for this post is make connections with any realtors, lenders, flippers, etc. in my area and if you're up for it, meet up for a cup of coffee (on me of course) to chat real estate.

Thanks everyone!

Alex