Newbie Nieka McDowell living in Jacksonville FL

[Nieka McDowell]

Hi BP community,

I am new to RE investing. I grew up with parents that have a few rental properties and worked in property management for 4 years, and an MBA, but I want to get into RE investing on another level full-time. I have been wishing, and researching, and strategizing the types of properties my husband and I would invest in, how we would manage them, and its time to take another step. The biggest hurdle is financing, so once that piece is solved for, we will be able to take another step. For now, we are looking to network and learn from others already in the business who are willing to share lessons and things they wish theythey knew in the beginning.

[Paul Timmins]

@Nieka McDowell

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 the No Money Down book by Brandon Turner

http://get.biggerpockets.com/nomoneydown/

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