Hello from Central Illinois

[Shane Brandt]

Hello BP! 

Former residential construction worker turned railroad conductor in central Illinois. 

I'm hoping to learn as much as I can about real estate investing as well as networking through the BP community. 

I currently rent an apartment and I am looking at purchasing either my 1st primary sfr or continue renting and purchase my 1st investment property.

Hope everyone is doing good and I look forward to being active in the community.

-Shane 

[Shane Brandt]

Originally posted by @Justin Windham:

Welcome to Bigger Pockets, @Shane Brandt!

You'll find plenty of friendly, knowledgeable people willing to help respond to your questions. Many members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate brokerage, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.

If you haven’t checked it out already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their awesome podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/

The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members. For example, if you are looking to connect with other members near you, want to learn from people in a specific area you’d like to invest in, or have a desire to find people interested in certain topics, you could start your search here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/search/users

I really like the alerts feature that can quickly guide you to current topics that might interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts

 Thanks for the welcome Justin as well as the links provided. I will def take a look at each of them.