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Zach Holmes
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  • Durham, NC
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Zach Holmes
  • New to Real Estate
  • Durham, NC
Posted

Hi everyone!

My name is Zach Holmes, and I just joined BiggerPockets. I have zero experience with real estate other than being a renter.

A little about me: I'm a recent Purdue University graduate who moved to South Baltimore for a full-time job. I am a chemical engineer for a specialty chemicals company (behind the scenes chemicals). I've lived in Maryland, St. Louis, Houston, Iowa, Indiana, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. For fun I enjoy playing sports, snowboarding, shooting pool, and going out with friends. I am a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

I joined the site with an initial focus of educating myself. I've already started posting some of my questions, because I am starting from scratch. I believe I would like to get into buy-and-hold investing in areas with a lot of turnover. I say this mainly because this is what I am most familiar with, but I'm sure I will find my niche through research on this site.

Looking forward to becoming more involved in the community,

Zach

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Shawn Holsapple
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Indianapolis, IN
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Shawn Holsapple
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Indianapolis, IN
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Welcome to BP @Zach Holmes !

I see that you went to the "other" Indiana Univercity. We won't hold that against you - LOL

If you haven’t already, please read/listen to these books ASAP!

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Rich Dads Cash Flow Quadrant

Rich Dads Increase your financial IQ

The Real Book of Real Estate

The ABC’s of RE Investing

The ABC’s of PM

Rich Dad RE Tax Advantages

The E-Myth

The 4 Hour Work Week

http://flip2freedomacademy.com/ - free e-book

Flip2freedom episode 77 - podcast - LISTEN TO THIS TODAY!

BiggerPocketsPodCast

Wholesaling101 You Tube Channel

Kent Clothier - Memphis Invest channel

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