Hi all, new member from Texas

[Noe Garcia]

Hello all, hope everyone's doing good. After lurking around long enough scouring this site for answers I finally decided to officially join. So a little bit about me - I have zero experience in the real estate investing, my background is as a former freelance Web developer and all around ninetofiver. Like many newbies such as my self, I happened to come across a segment on TV talking about real estate investing. A few years ago I remember listening to a gentleman talk about not needing any money or credit to start by getting properties under contract and flipping them! Naturally, I was intrigued so I decided to research it. Not knowing what terms to look for or where to start (besides not attending the seminar he was advertising) I quickly became discouraged and gave up. Until recently I came across a video on YouTube about wholesaling real estate and there I finally got my answers. The term I searched for was "How to turn $100 into $1000" see I had just sold a bunch of old stuff on ebay and was eager to grow my money. Anyways, now I'm here, working on turning my eBay money into real estate money. 

Thank you guys for reading!

[Paul Timmins]

@Noe Garcia

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). You can Google to locate them and go to meetup.com

Two Great reads, I bought both J. Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook

By the way - here are my favorite articles on Wholesaling:

• 9 Reasons You Couldn't Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale Deal
• Don't Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and Flipper
• How to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the Field

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