Intro to real estate

[Michael J.]

I am completely new to real estate investments. I have read several books and have a few friends who are currently actively working in real estate investment. I have narrowed my areas of interest down to wholesaling and tax liens, just looking for any advice or tips on ways to get started and begin building more knowledge, income, and business relationships.

[Matthew Gould]

Hi Michael, 

I started tax lien investing after  

• identifying my criteria (types of liens, tax assessor values, owned by bank vs. mortgagee vs. business)
• went to a couple auctions in the areas I was interested in getting involved in to figure out the pace and the players at the auction
• reading 16% Solution by Joel Moskowitz
• reading through BP to figure out how other seasoned tax lien investors (Ned Carey is one) were approaching their business 

Hope this helps. Good Luck!