Newbie from the Lehigh Valley PA

[Daniel Mills]

Hi everyone! I have been visiting this site for the past few months and have really appreciated all of the insight shared. I just purchased my first property the past week and thought I better sign up and start interacting. My main business is graphic design work with some sustainable farming on the side.

This is my first experiment into real estate investing, but I have been interested in it for as long as I can remember. I am fairly handy and so my goal is to find properties in need of rehab, fix them up myself and then re-sell them.

I don't like borrowing money for personal reasons and so I am hoping to start at the bottom and work my way up to more expensive and profitable properties. I purchased a row home in Reading, PA this past week from a bank for 1K. The house next door just sold for 18K so I think I have the room that I need to fix it up and still make a profit for the next deal.

[J. Martin]

Hi Daniel , and welcome to BP! I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it! But you’ll find a variety of every type of investor on the site, and everyone is amazingly helpful. Some pointers for you: The "Learn" link across the top navigation bar has lots of great info, and so do BP members! You can click on the ‘vote’ button if you like someone's post or is helpful, and there are ‘awards’ to earn on your profile. And you can tag people by typing @ before you type their name, then clicking their name at the bottom of the message box. Welcome to the site, and good luck in everything!