Hello all, Newbie from Applegate in Northern California.

[Jeremy Cochran]

I’m new to real estate and currently just trying to soak up as much knowledge as I can. I currently work full time 50+ hours a week for a large Natural Foods Distributor. I have always been interested in real estate and I have decided to transition full time into the real estate profession. My long term goal is to build enough passive income to only do the work I want to do while still providing for my family. I’m looking forward to learning, growing and helping out in this community.

[Paul Timmins]

@Jeremy Cochran

Welcome. Fill in the foundation below.

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere

Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.

Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice. And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.

Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info. Here you will meet wholesalers who provide deals and rehabbers (cash buyers).

Two Great reads, I bought both J. Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook

Download BP’s newest book here some good due diligence in Chapter 10. Real Estate Rewind Starting over

http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/brandonatbp/file/real-estate-rewind-a-biggerpockets-community-book

Good Luck

Paul