New member from New York City

[Michael Tranzilli]

Hello BP!

I am a new member from NYC. My name is Michael Tranzilli. I have always been interested in REI and have finally made the decision to take action. The only prior RE experience I have is managing a few raw land lots my parents owned.(paying taxes, maintaining them, negotiating the sale of them). I started my search online and couldn't believe my good fortune when I found BP. I was waiting for the "catch" because obviously there was no way possible that there could be a site you could go to and get ALL of this wonderful information without being up sold something......But obviously THERE IS! I have basically been going to the University of Bigger Pockets the last two months absorbing as much as I can. I got married last year and my wife and I are now expecting our first child. What has been initially "calling" to me are the strategies of house hacking a multi-family and note investing. I have been investing in stocks, bonds, etc since I was in college but never notes. Jeff Brown's BP Podcast 017 and Dave Van Horn's BP Podcast 028 really got me interested in the whole concept of note investing. Our house hack will have to be limited to somewhere that makes sense for our work commute.(I'm a construction manager for a solar energy company out of Brooklyn and she is a teacher in Manhattan. I was born and raised in Philadelphia and still have family there so I am leaving myself open also to the possibilities of multi family investing in NY, NJ and PA. I am extremely excited about this new journey that I am taking and very happy that I have found this community. I am going to the Brooklyn Queens Meetup hosted by Damon Bodine in February but wanted to know are there any other BP meetups or any other good non upselling REI groups in the NYC area? Thanks.