New Member in California

[Roland Fassett]

Hello everyone,

My name is Roland. My wife Evelyn and I were involved in the Real Estate / Rental business back in the 90's and 2000's. We've bought, rehabbed and owned several rental properties, even flipped a few homes over the years, doing it all on our own, without any training or mentoring. We eventually got out of the business as we pursued other business opportunities. We feel that were coming full circle now, realizing the potential that Real Estate income can provide. We're looking now to return to Real Estate, but this time educate ourselves more in the various aspects of the business in order to work smarter, not harder.

[Paul Timmins]

@Roland Fassett

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