Introductions & Connections

[Jared Joseph]

Hey Everyone!

I'm Jared. I'm 31 years old (from the time of this post) and just wanted to introduce myself here and make some connections. Quick about me: I'm a musician, singer-songwriter living in East Brunswick, New Jersey. I've worked and managed restaurants in NYC where I lived for 5 years and starting working as a Real Estate Agent focusing primarily on rentals for a year before RONA ruined everything. I'm still licensed as an agent in NYC but that has slowed down since I'm currently living with my parents to save up money to get a place with my boyfriend and potentially house hack. New Jersey doesn't have reciprocity with New York so I'd had to take courses all over again just to register as an agent in New Jersey, so I figured I'd just make some meaningful connections/friendships to avoid that long process.

I'm currently working as a Director for my family's daycare center to get things in order so the business could run itself, but that will take a little time. I've always been interested in real estate but after finding Bigger Pockets and Brandon Turner's webinars I've been legit hooked. I feel like I even know more than I did actively working as an agent... I've been all over the place and having the hardest time honing in on what market/niche I want to focus on, especially since I don't have anything saved really for any sort of downpayment. I've been using any money I save to payoff any credit cards and debts I carry that have interests, student loans are another subject... 

My goal with real estate is to get my feet wet with a single family or duplex to rent out and then stack after I've gotten over the first hurdle. If I can't find investors for the first deal, I'm considering pulling in a family member to flip a home or two so I have some cash to put toward a downpayment toward that first rental property. I was initially focused on the central/north jersey market, but I'm still taking the time to hone it all in.

I'm loving Bigger Pockets thus far and I'm interested in meeting anyone and everyone at this point!

P.S. If you've made it this far, congratulations! You might as well say hey.

[Nick Peters]

@Jared Joseph

Welcome to BiggerPockets! You came to the right place to learn more about real estate and connect with other motivated investors. BP is full of great content, so I strongly recommend you to have a look at the following resources:

1. Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction

2. Then check out other online guides available here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides

3. Have a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog

4. If you wish to network or ask specific questions about your local market, join your local real estate forum and discuss with investors from your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/86-local-real-estate-networking

5. Or you can directly meet with them by registering to real estate events around you: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings

6. BP has various tools and calculators available to help you analyze your deals (rental, flips, wholesale, etc.), feel free to use them: https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators

7. If you can't find what you're looking for, try the BiggerPockets' FilePlace: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files It contains hundreds of files such as ebooks, checklists, and spreadsheets for real estate investors.

Please let me know if I can help, and best of luck!