Newbie Investor from Baltimore, MD

[Robert Garcia]

Hello fellow BiggerPockets members/investors. I'm Robert from Baltimore Maryland and I’ve been a member since January. I have no investing background to speak of, just a reader of the forums and avid listener to the podcasts which I have been doing every day during my 30 minute drive to and from work since March 1st! I'm finally introducing myself since I'm ready to take the next step and pull the trigger on finding and purchasing my first rental property and have questions regarding doing such. 

I stumbled upon BP and I'm really glad I did because I've learned a lot from listening to the podcasts alone so I can only imagine the plethora of information I'll learn by being an active, engaged member! So hello BP, and if you're an newbie or "got a few deals under your belt" investor in the Baltimore area reach out to me, maybe we can learn and grow from from each other.

~Rob

[Paul Timmins]

@Robert Garcia

Welcome. Fill in the foundation below.

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere

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