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.

[Alison Wise]

@Andrew Syrios @Iverem Rose @Robert Crossley @Michael Ramos @James Wise @Ali Boone @Mark Nolan @Peter Mckernan @Carlos Altamirano:

Thank you all for the warm welcome and advice on what to read! This whole Bigger Pockets community is just great, and makes me look forward to getting into the forums more!  I've been keeping mental notes on books that were frequently mentioned on the podcasts, and just reading anything I can get my hands on, so I really appreciate the suggestions on what to read next!

And @Seth Williams I'm sure I will have questions after reading through the show notes for the podcast as well as your blog on your site (trying to make sure I'm asking questions that weren't already answered :) ).  I know it's from years ago, but the podcast really caught my attention.  Really excited about learning more!  Thanks for reaching out!