Intro from a new agent/longtime BP fan in SoCal

[Julian Merchant]

Hey BP community! This is long overdue, but I thought I'd take a more active role in these discussions.

A little about myself...I'm a relatively new agent in Long Beach/north Orange County. I'm also looking to start investing as soon as I get the money/courage together. I studied urban planning in college and I'm looking at eventually rebuilding communities through REI.

As anyone familiar with Southern California knows, we spend about half our lives stuck in traffic. So, I've been going through all the podcasts and have been learning so much. Thank you Josh & Brandon...you guys rule.

Here's something I'm curious about. From the investor's standpoint, what can agents do to facilitate deals? I'm looking at working with investors, so if anybody has any feedback, it would be greatly appreciated.

Nice to meet everybody.

[Josh Bakhshi]

Welcome aboard.  Good question about agents.  Usually they are useless, but sometimes they will actually work for you to find properties and get deals done.  Best thing would be to meet a couple investors that you like and trust and ask them who they use.