New Member from Hartford, CT

[Shankar Balakrishnan]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Shankar and I am new to BP. I stumbled up on this website while doing my research and since then haven’t done anything else but browse this site. I am still amazed at the wealth of information available. I relocated to the US few years and work as a IT consultant in Hartford, CT. I learnt flipping from my dad who does this for a living in India and he continues to be my inspiration. I have done a number of investments in India and since I am going to live in the US permanently now, I am ready to start doing the same in US now. At some point in the future, I want to do this more permanently.

I have set some short terms goals – flip 1 house (single family) and 1 buy and rent 1 multifamily home in 2014. I am still trying to get familiar with the local neighborhood in order to select the right city / town for my investment. I am trying to research number of sales by cities / towns , sale price, type of house, in and around Hartford. I have some anecdotal information but I am looking for accurate data which will help me decide. Does anyone know how I can get access to this information.

Again – thank you all for making such information available. I look forward to talking with you all more.

Thanks
Shankar