Newbie from Long Island, future investor in Dutchess County, NY

[Dylan Boesch]

Hello BP,

My name is Dylan Boesch and I am a student in New York earning a finance degree. Over the last few weeks I have become a huge fan of this site and I figured its as good a time as any to introduce myself. 

I am 20 years old and while I am not an active investor today, I intend to be soon. Even though I am from Long Island I will most likely begin my investing career in Dutchess County, New York for a few reasons. Right now and for the next year of so I will be continuing to learn about real estate investing in every way I can while networking with other professionals in the industry. Advice for a young person getting started is always appreciated.

My goals are to wholesale and rehab homes mostly, but I definitely aim to build a sizeable rental portfolio over the next few decades. Im definitely an ambitious person, and I am eager to meet and talk to anyone involved in real estate investing, especially in the three areas I just mentioned, who I can learn from. 

Ill see you guys on the forums, even though Ill be mostly reading them for now. 

Dylan Boesch

[Darren Sager]

Welcome to BP @Dylan Boesch  ! Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself. I bought my first duplex a year after graduating University.  I think starting out that way was the best thing I've ever done.  It gave me a solid foundation to build upon.   And now that you're here we'd love to see you be an active member of the BP community so be sure to set up Keywords Alerts for your local area such as "Dutchess County" or "Smithtown" if you're looking to find potential opportunities for investing, education in a subject, or other members in your area.

Use the Find Members area to network with other members who are local to you or are in an area you're wanting to invest in. Podcasts come out weekly and are great way to learn on the move. I find there's always a gold nuggets of information in each one and I go back to listen to a number of them multiple times.

If you want to find events that are going on in your area be sure to check out the Real Estate Events and Happenings area of BiggerPockets. Here you can find meet ups of local BP members or other groups that get together, network, and have education about real estate investing. Some of these events they might try to sell you into a mentoring program or try to sell you something else. In most cases you'll find everything you need here on BP so don't spend any extra money elsewhere. There are many great members here on BP who are tremendous resources of information and will help you greatly. And there are some who are just here to try to sell you something so don't be naive to it. Their true intentions come out eventually.

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Again welcome to Bigger Pockets!