New investor Commerce, Michigan

[Brian Schultz]

Hello all,

I'm a new and very green investor from the Enchanted Mitten. I've spent several years on the sidelines reading a lot of material (Allen, Sheets, Terry, Kiyosaki, etc) and trying to find a way to enter the investment arena. In all the reading I have found many great ideas but everything lacked the detail needed for me to begin (must be why they all have 'Academy's' and such).

I know there are deals in this area as several houses in my neighborhood have been flipped recently and, from the info I can find, at not a bad profit (they keep increasing my homes value :) ). Hope fully here in the not too distant future one of those will be mine.

I'm currently making my way through the beginner's guide here on BP and am slowly exploring the site. I am also looking to network with both investor's in the local area and around the country. If you have any thought's as to a good place to begin my career I am open to suggestions.

See you around the site.

Brian Schultz

[Tom A.]

Welcome to BP, Brian! You've found a great source of information. Check out a few local REIA groups as well.

I'd recommend these three:

- Michigan Real Estate Investors - Great REIA run by Wendy Patton of Lease-Option fame, meets in Troy, http://www.michiganrealestateinvestors.com/

- Renegade Detroit Investors - Another great REIA, run by Jeremy Burgess. Smaller, no selling from front of the room allowed (no guru pitches). Meets in Berkley. http://www.facebook.com/DetroitInvestmentClub

- REIA of Oakland (County)- Grandaddy of local REIAs. Meets in Madison Heights. http://www.reiaofoakland.com

I'm a member of the first two and used to be a member of the third (a good group, more guru pitches than I like but worth checking out).

Hope to see you...