New and excited to be here!

[Ashlyn Moss]

Hi Everyone, my name is Ashlyn Moss. I live in South Carolina and I'm currently looking to purchase our first rental investment.  I want to obtain as much knowledge as i can and also jump right in to gain experience.  

I'm new to real estate but want to learn my area like the back of my hand. How do you decided which area to start investing in? Also, how can i learn about the area more? There are always house searching sites but how can i find deeper information about the areas and learn which area is a good place to buy in, whats a good value, who's looking in that area, and so on...

Any help is appreciated!

I'm excited to be here and looking forward to connecting and learning!

[Paul Timmins]

@Ashlyn Moss

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