G'day Bigger Pockets. Newbie ready to learn and hustle.

[Lauren Weiss]

Hi All, 

What a great site, I'm glad to have discovered Bigger Pockets thanks to a quick drop down the virtual real estate information rabbit hole! After listening to a Clayton Morris podcast with NZ investor and Bigger Pockets member @Kevin Estey (Hi Kevin!), I thought bugger it. Its time to jump in. 

I'm an Aussie who moved to Utah 2 years ago, where I purchased my first home with my husband, a Utah local. I'm a bodyworker (Rolf method of structural Integration), a fairly obscure method of healing the human body, but I love it and it is what brought me to Utah. 

Whilst I'm super interested in partaking in both flip and buy and hold over the next few years, I must admit, as a newbie I'm often left with a head spin trying to collate the relevant info regarding borrowing options, investing options and all the in between jargon. I figure it will be a some what steep learning curve and I'm excited to connect with those who are a little further into their investing journey, that might be happy to share their story. 

Feel free to drop me a line,

Lauren

[Caleb Rigby]

Welcome to BP and Utah, @Lauren Weiss. There are quite a few ways to get involved. Here are some of my favorite things:

1- Listen to as many podcasts as possible. Focus on the ones you're most interesed in. Take notes about questions you have while listening and follow-up with searching through forums/articles on BP to find answers.

2 - Update your keyword alerts today (unlimited) around the topics/locations you're interested in (i.e. Ogden, Weber County, Utah, Flipping, Andrew Bougt). As people post in the forums, you can insert yourself into the conversation. 

3 - Get connected with other local investors. There are REIA groups that meet in Logan and SLC (not sure about Ogden), as well as BP meetups once a month.

Good luck and let me know if I can help in any way.