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Hi all, new guy here from Hawaii
Hey guys, I have signed up for this forum months ago but never had time to actually go through it or post an intro, so here I am. My name is Royce Talbo and I am born and raised in Hawaii. My family has been investing in real estate for years with the buy and hold, but nothing on a big scale usually only 3-4 properties at a time while occupying 1 of those properties. My mom usually finds the deals and my dad and I would fix them up over the years. I have owned a condo under my parents name and sold that several years ago and finally bought my own investment with my fiance. I have been struggling to buy an investment for over 5 years on my own, but could never get the financing. I have read the beginners guide on here and several other books on real estate investing.
My goal here is to learn techniques that will work here in Hawaii and network. I say work here because I have been to several seminars where mainland people would come down and pitch their formula with suggested numbers from the audience only to see that it will not work. I will be posting in other threads on the forum so don't hesitate to chime in. Thanks for reading and hope to make some new friends.
Royce
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@Andrey Y. thanks I'll look over the start page, but just to clarify I am not a beginner, though I'm no expert, I am somewhere in the middle. But there is always something that I could learn or refresh on. I forgot who said it, but it was something like paying $14 for an investment book even though you know 99.9% of it. if you can find that one thing that will save you money, it will pay for it self ten fold. something like that, but you get my point hahaha.