Starting Out

[Justin Smith]

Hello everyone, I am a recent college graduate from South Jersey who is currently working in the mortgage industry but aspire to be a full time real estate investor. I have not started investing yet because I want to do as much research as I can before jumping into it. Ideally, I would eventually like to own rental properties for steady cash flow, and also flip houses as bigger projects that create lump sum profits. If anybody has any advice for me (groups to join, books to read, what to research, etc.) it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Michael S.]

Welcome to BP @Justin Smith. You can start with these 

1. BP Free Course https://www.biggerpockets.com/courses/a-beginners-introduction-to-real-estate-investing, good material on learning REI.

2. Start connecting with nearby investors, this helps in finding potential mentors https://www.biggerpockets.com/meet

3. Check out Brandon's book on rental property investing, it's a great resource if you will do buy and hold investing strategy. 

Good luck on the first deal.