Newbie from Cincinnati, OH

[Patrick Malinowski]

Hey BP community! I came across this awesome site while researching real estate investing and the many different topics associated with it. Originally I’m from northern VA but moved to Cincinnati about six years ago for my career as a design engineer in the aerospace industry. I’ve always been attracted to the idea and excitement of building a real estate portfolio so that I may retire earlier and enjoy the simpler things in life. Recently, myself and two colleagues have decided to get serious about finding and executing our first deal in the Cincinnati area. Our basic goal is to build a portfolio of positive cash flowing multi family properties in up and coming neighborhoods around the city. We’re hoping to land our first deal by the end of the year and plan on slowly building up a portfolio after learning the ropes with the first property. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated! I’m excited to get more involved with this community and network with you all while taking the plunge on this journey to financial freedom. Best regards, Patrick

[Alex C.]

Hi @Patrick Malinowski , and welcome to BP.  I'm fairly new to the forums myself, but I've been listening to the podcast (which you should probably check out if you haven't already) and reading articles on the site for over a year now and I'm getting ready to jump in and start on my first deal as well.  It's amazing how much information is available here and how helpful people are with networking and sharing advice and general wisdom.

-Alex

https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast   (You can quickly get to each show by going to biggerpockets.com/show### , where ### is the number of the podcast episode in question.)