Newbie from Bend, OR.

[Nicolas Yopp]

Hey everyone,

I've been lurking around biggerpockets ever since I found this forum.  This is awesome with great community.  I have been reading a lot of different threads.  It has been a great help.  I've read the biggerpocket "pdf book" and I'm looking for other books to rent/buy.  Tried to find some in the libaray, but they didn't have anything good.  So it's off to the store to buy some.   One issue with podcast is I am deaf and cannot listen to any of the podcast.  Is there any other alternative beside books?

My fiance and I are in the process of searching for a duplex as our first investment property.  Bend, Oregon is currently rated as the top 10 most expensive property in the country which makes it really difficult to find some good deals.  There not many duplex available in the area.  I'm currently trying to find some wholesellers in the area.  I'm not a people person, but I know that I need to push myself to try to network with other investors, etc.

[Jacob Asher]

Welcome to Bigger Pockets! I'm over in Salem and am more than happy to assist any way I can. (I'm currently deaf in one ear hopefully it's not permanent it's from a recent accident the tinnitus is killing me) I also mostly lurk here and read frequently. I do listen to the podcasts and once in a while I'll get a nugget of information but honestly everything they talk about had been written about many times over. The blogs here offer a lot of information in easy to digest listicles. Here's a few great links to answer a lot of questions. J Scott's site is awesome and explains so much in one place. 123flip.com Our local real estate investment community. (I noticed a couple listings in prineville earlier tonight) northwestreia.com Ive gathered a handful of the books listed below. I especially like richest man in Babylon, rich dad poor dad, cash flow quadrant, 4 hour work week, and will be purchasing j Scott's two books soon. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/14/best-real-estate-books/ http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/10/14/real-estate-books/ http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/12/24/best-business-books-2014/