New to BiggerPockets, young, curious and ambitious

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Hey everyone I'm Nick, I'm brand new to BiggerPockets and looking forward to meeting and connecting with you all ! I'm 20 years old, work full time for a utility company in New York, and am very interested in starting to invest now, while time is on my side. I live with my father in a multi family home. He rents out the 2 bottom floors of the house separately and we live on the top floor. This is partially how the game real estate caught my attention. Right now I'm saving money as much as possible, starting a 401k soon within a month, and want to start making moves at property as soon as possible. If anyone has any advice or just wants to introduce themselves that would be awesome .. ! 

[Rhondalette W.]

Originally posted by @Account Closed:

Hey everyone I'm Nick, I'm brand new to BiggerPockets and looking forward to meeting and connecting with you all ! I'm 20 years old, work full time for a utility company in New York, and am very interested in starting to invest now, while time is on my side. I live with my father in a multi family home. He rents out the 2 bottom floors of the house separately and we live on the top floor. This is partially how the game real estate caught my attention. Right now I'm saving money as much as possible, starting a 401k soon within a month, and want to start making moves at property as soon as possible. If anyone has any advice or just wants to introduce themselves that would be awesome .. ! 

 Hey Nicholas, welcome to BP!. It sounds like you have a great mentor in your father. You are way ahead of the game getting started early. Here is some great information that I simply cut and pasted from the "Learn" tab above to get you off to a great start. 

Enjoy!

What to do First As a New Investor:

We believe that we’ve got some pretty great places for beginners to start learning about Real Estate Investing - here are three free and easy ways to get started today:

Listen to The BiggerPockets Podcast - Just download a couple of episodes and conveniently start learning about Real Estate Investing on the way to and from work, the gym, or anywhere! We’ve got stories of successes and failures, flippers and landlords, and our guests range from first time investing newbies to moguls with Real Estate empires worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Read The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing - The name says it all. This guide will give you a great grasp on the basics and prepare you to begin interacting with the community on BiggerPockets.

Create an account and engage with the community - Something like 95% of those folks that set out to invest in Real Estate quit, fail, or are unable to maintain focus on their goals. The best way to prevent that and become successful is to begin networking. We strive to keep our forums among the most welcoming and informative you’ll find online - there are no dumb questions and there is no problem too small to talk about. Go introduce yourself today! There are thousands of investors that want to see you grow and succeed.