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New Hampshire Investor - New to REI
I found Bigger Pockets a few months ago after deciding I wanted to take control of my future and realizing that I had still had the real estate bug. I have had the bug for a long time but never really took any action... until now. 20 years ago I took an entrepreneurial class in college and our primary project was putting together a full business plan for the final grade I did mine as for a buy and hold real estate company. So even then, I knew what I wanted to do.
Flash forward 20 years, and here I sit, ready to finally take control of my future. I have become addicted to the Bigger Pockets site. I am listening to all the current podcasts, and trying to get caught up on all the past ones... (catching up on over 160 takes a lot of time... lol ). I have read a lot of posts, the blogs, and gone into some of the forums. I have followed the links to a lot of my keyword alerts in looking at the questions, the responses, and then all the referral links to other articles and and while I became
But alas, I have but merely scratched the surface of what this site offers. I upgraded to Pro a few months ago so I could use the extra tools and those have been great so far. I am glad I spent the money to upgrade as it is definitely worth while.
My first actual foray into buying strictly rental properties (bought 3 homes already) starts this weekend where I will be going to look at 5 different properties...maybe one of them will be the first....
Thanks for reading and I look forward to continuing to learn the site and grow my knowledge of the REI world.