Brand spanking new investor from Woburn MA

[Justin J.]

Well maybe not brand spanking new to real estate, but definitely to investing. I'm an ultra ambitious go-getter with 2 years experience as a real estate agent. I currently work full-time in the biotech field in Cambridge MA as a scientist, but my goal is to transition into real estate full-time. I'm primarily interested in rental properties, but will be learning as much as I can from Bigger Pockets about the vast other opportunities that are out there.

I've started to listen to the BP podcasts, read forum posts and I'm sure will start to have questions soon. I've been through the start-here-page, and am currently halfway through the BP ultimate beginners guide. I've setup a few keywords, but i'm sure that there are a few that I'm missing.

I enjoy live music, fast cars, craft beer and laughing hard. I'm 24 with a BS in biology from UNH who isn't happy working for someone else. I enjoy entrepreneurship and reading everything I can about it. I can't wait to learn and share my experiences with this site.

The book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" ignited my search for financial freedom, a few finance and accounting classes later eventually led me to Bigger Pockets.

I'm currently searching for my first investment property (2+ unit). I started my pursuit about a year ago, initially looking for a single family to live in. I found a few awesome SF houses and had a two deals fall through. I'm currently in the process of buying a SF short sale (it's been about 4 months into the process post Purchase and Sales), and will be exiting the deal per my contract in order to buy a multifamily. I am no stranger to the process of buying a property (as a real estate agent), and now have a lot of perspective on the buying end of a short sale both as a Realtor and a buyer.

I would love to network and meet up with fellow investors in MA. From reading other introductions I know that there are scheduled meet-ups, how do I get into these?

Cheers,

-Justin