New Member in Columbia, SC

[Mark Lynn]

Hi All...I'm a new member from Columbia, SC. I've been interested in real estate investing for awhile, but never taken the leap. You know the old question high school guidance counselor question, "What would you want to do if you had all the money in the world?" Well I always thought my answer was to be in construction, but over the past few years I've realized it's probably to be a real estate investor instead. I've just never known how to get started. I am a licensed general contractor and have been doing flips and rent preps for investors and property managers for the last year and when things slowed down this winter I went to the local REIA meeting to try to do some networking and got inspired. I'm interested in starting off by doing some wholesale deals, then possibly reinvesting in some flips and buy/hold income producing properties to achieve my goals. I'm not the best at marketing, so I would welcome any ideas for both finding buyers & sellers, besides bandit signs. I'd be interested in finding a mentor to help me get started. I work hard and learn pretty fast and would be a valuable asset to a mentor, but I'm not into paying someone 50% of my profits for the rest of my life, nor do I want to become someones full time intern. I've been reading on here pretty regularly for the past week and figured I'd finally formally sign up and say hello and I'm out here.