Newbie from Lancaster, PA, now living in Redondo Beach, CA

[Alison Wise]

Hi! I am originally from Lancaster, PA, but currently live in Southern California and work for a beach volleyball camp.  My interest in real estate is pretty accidental... When I first started working at the volleyball camp, I was at my bosses house and happened to notice a book he had about coaching beach volleyball, and asked if I could borrow it.  He thought I was pointing at a real estate book and said, "No, read this one first," and handed me Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller.  He also kept forwarding me Bigger Pockets emails as examples of subject lines that got him to open the email and ammount of information that is included per email.

I am still reading the book, listening to all the podcasts from the beginning, and super interested to learn more about the different aspects of real estate!  There is definitely a lot to learn!  At the moment I'm pretty interested in buying and selling vacant land (recently listened to the episode with Seth Williams), but haven't thrown out the idea of wholesaling, flipping, or investing in rental properties.

[Andrew Syrios]

Welcome to BiggerPockets Alison and good luck investing!