New member in Great Falls, MT

[Mark Caiazza]

Hello BP community,

My name is Mark Caiazza, I'm originally from Rochester, NY and joined the US Air Force in 2001. I purchased single family homes at my last two duty stations (Las Vegas, NV and Fairfield, CA). I am now stationed in Great Falls, MT and hope to expand my buy-and-hold portfolio. However, this market is extremely different from California and Vegas, so I am hesitant to jump in... which is how I stumbled upon BiggerPockets. I found BP while searching for different ways to analyze a real estate market.

Beyond the goal of improving my market analysis, I am interested in getting educated on flips and commercial real estate. Also, I hope to pass on some of my experience as a long distance landlord to other out-of-state investors/military members.

Thanks for all the great tools and information!

-Mark

[Edward Synicky]

Welcome fellow Bigger Pockets member @Mark Caiazza  This is a great forum and I am sure it will help you learn many facets of the real estate investment world. I purchased my first investment property over 40 years ago and only wish that I had a resource like BP community when I got started! So you are in a good company.

Some say that your net-worth equals your network, and this is the place to make right connections. You should also find investors locally and network with them face-to-face. Find people close to you using MEET feature. Also, look for investor meetings on Meetup.

All the best!