Montgomery, NY · Member since 2016 · 2 posts · 1 vote
Hello,
My name is Russ and I'm a new member from The Hudson Valley in New York. I'm looking to get into real estate to flip home with low or no cost investment at this time. I'd like to learn as much as possible from this site. I'm retired from a management position with a local Pepsi~Cola franchise where I was employed for 24 years. I also have 5 years of home building andrenovation experience with himes in West Chester and Orange counties of New York. Its my pleasure to be a part of this site.
Montgomery, NY · Member since 2016 · 2 posts · 1 vote
10y
Thomas, first I feel I'm going to need to aquire as much knowledge in the field as possible. So I'll be a sponge for a bit and soak up everything of value I can to better prepare myself going forward and reduce my chances of failure.
Phoenicia, NY · Member since 2016 · 42 posts · 29 votes
10y
Welcome to BP, @Russell Pinkall! There's a lot to learn and a lot of different ways to learn it. I grew up in Orange County and now live in Ulster County after many years in NYC. I own a vacation rental in Ulster County and I'm learning all I can as I prepare to move into investing in and self-managing multifamily houses. In addition to the podcast, blogs, and forums, I found the BP books to be super helpful and easy to digest: http://biggerpockets.com/books and there's also a free intro video course that has a lot of the same material as the Book on Rental Property Investing: https://www.biggerpockets.com/courses/a-beginners-introduction-to-real-estate-investing