New Member Peter from Massachusetts

[Peter Camilli]

Hi Everyone, 

I just want to take a moment and introduce myself. My name is Peter. I live in Acton, Massachusetts. I really know very little about Real Estate investing, except what I see promoted like buy nothing down, buy and flip for quick and easy profit. I actually hope to learn a lot from this site, and maybe find a mentor to help guide me. I was a real estate agent about 12 years ago. Took the classes to get my license, went to work under a broker. Made a little money on a couple of deals, but never had good steady cash flow from it so I got out and went back to work at a 9-5 job. And now I am looking at Real Estate again, but now as an investor. 

[Shaun Reilly]

Hi Peter, welcome to BP.

This is a great place to learn. Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.

This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business. Lots of great connections all over but we also have a very strong and active contingent here in MA on here so make sure to find them (Set up some keyword alerts to find out about local topics) and get connected.

Besides doing that on here make sure to get out to some of the many local investor events we have.  I enjoy the NEREIA in Chelmsford which is probably the closest meeting for you.  My personal favorite is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham which isn't bad for you either (Alternates every other month with it's Worcester location, just had the March meeting so next Waltham one will be May).  Another good one you just missed was The Boston Investor's quarterly meetup in or around Woburn, believe the next one will be June.  Lots of other options around Boston and all up and down from the Cape up to Manchester, NH.