New to BP and to Real Estate Investing, Currently in Oregon

[Jerry Daniels]

Hello BP: I am currently living in Sublimity Oregon and working out of Salem. I have been  in the US Army for the last 17 years and am currently working in the Recruiting Command. I am looking to learn as much as I can about investing and am really anxious to get started ( I am literally dreaming about my first deal). I am open to suggestions as to how to get up and going. I am thinking along the lines of wholesaling, but not sure if that is the best move for my situation. All advice is welcomed. Great to meet you all.

[Ben Leybovich]

@Jerry Daniels - welcome to BP Nation! I can't be the first to welcome you, since Mary beat me to it, but I wanted to be...(it's the thought that counts, right?)

First - thank you for your service. All of us here can do what we do in large part due to the choices you make every day. Thank you indeed!

Now - last time I checked, and I check every day, deals don't happen cause you dream of them. You've got to do something. You know this, but are, at the moment, confused as to what to do, and thus is your post...

Understand - real estate provides answers to our problems. This tees up the fact that what you do in real estate is a function of what problems you are trying to solve. Figure out what you want - then figure out which approaches and techniques answer the call of duty respectful of solving those specific issues - then build a matrix between those and your strengths, predispositions, and limitations. This way you'll be able to narrow down what to study. And then - study like hell :)

You are confused because you haven't approached this logically yet. To you RE is all one big wonderful concept, which it's not. The magic is in the details :)

Good luck!