Just getting started

[Marco Ragudo]

Good afternoon 

I hope everyone is doing well, I am really new to investing and property managing. As of right now, I'm just trying to learn about everything I can before buying my first property.  I'm just asking for a little guidance on how to get started and if there are conventions and meet ups around the chicago area for beginners or any books and classes that would be helpful to learn before getting started 

Thank you 

[Shamar Gregg]

@Marco Ragudo My best advise to you is to start with the basics and figure out what strategy you want to go with first and stick with it (house hacking, hard money, partnership, etc). From there you can then figure out your financing options (FHA, 203K, Hard money, etc). Once those two things are accomplished then you can further target and narrow where you would like to purchase. I'm more of a youtube kind of guy and I often recommend others to do the same. Give you a more visual perspective and show real life people that are doing it. Good luck!