Need to fill in the gaps in my knowledge...

[Douglas W.]

If you have looked through my profile, you will see 25+ years of Real Estate and Mortgage Brokerage in my background. I was exposed to the better/cooler half of my industry (RE Investing) a few years ago and have sought out a fair amount of knowledge about the investing side but...I have some very specific gaps that I would like to clarify as I enter full throttle mode. I am looking forward to exploring Bigger Pockets resources and am very enthusiastic to get to know people from this community!

[Paul Timmins]

@Douglas W.

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). Find them through Google and 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

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