New Member to BiggerPockets-Looking to set up Team

[Diane Holtze]

My daughter, Denise Dresbach, referred me to this site, as I am interested in property investing, and she said this site has been very informative and helpful to her. I have been a realtor for 15 years, but not active in sales. The first 5 years I have been working in real estate offices as an escrow coordinator, relocation specialist and office manager for agents in the Santa Clara county and Palm Springs areas.  The past 10 years I have been working in property management for multi-family housing in the Santa Clara/Santa Cruz counties, for market rate and low income housing.  My goal is to set up a team of members interested in investment properties in California. 

[Peter MacKercher]

Welcome to Bigger Pockets Diane. I am in STL please let me know if you need anything. 

In the meantime here are 7 tips to help you grow your business using BP:

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