Newbie from New Haven, CT

[Tom Stott]

Hello Biggerpockets.com! 

My name is Tom and I'm from New Haven,  CT.  For my 9-5, I work as an Information Security professional and have spent 15 years working information security and technology.  

As far as real estate goes,  I am a complete noob.  I've been listening to the podcast and reading but have not dived into any deals yet. . 

I hope to birddog  and wholesale to get involved in the industry and gather enough capital to start doing buy, rehab, rent, refinance properties to hold in my own portfolio. 

I'd love to connect with area investors to find what works here and what investors are looking for. 

My end goals are to amass enough rental properties that cash flow to retire from my 9-5 and support my family through retirement within the next 10 years. 

I look forward to connecting and investing with you. 

[Paul Timmins]

@Tom Stott

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

Consider checking out HUD homes for small multi's owner occupied gets first crack.

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