New Member in Portland, OR

[Steve Gunasingh]

Hello my name is Reuben and I am a newbie from Portland, OR. I am actually stationed in San Diego right now (Navy) but I am interested in investing in the Northwest Area. Some background information on myself.. I was born in India and grew up in NYC. I have always wanted to invest in real estate and I was directed by someone to join the biggerpockets community.

[Paul Timmins]

@Steve Gunasingh

Welcome. Thanks for your service. We do free Multifamily Investing training for veterans, shoot me an EMAIL if interested my BP PM does not work. 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

Consider checking out HUD homes for small multi's owner occupied gets first crack.

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