New member from South Suburbs

[Ryan Boren]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for having me on BP! I am a first time investor looking for SFR or Multi Family in the south suburbs. I am currently partnering with my dad who's doing labor and I am taking out the loans and fronting some cash.

I hope to learn a lot from these forums and if anyone is from the area and has any tips and tricks for a newbie I am all ears and eyes. 

Thank you again,

Ryan B 

[Paul Timmins]

@Ryan Boren

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

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