New Florida Real Estate Investor—excited for the journey ahead!

[Daniel Ocampo]

Hey BP Fam! My name is Daniel Ocampo and I'm a new real estate investor, focused on building a portfolio of buy and hold properties in Florida. My 2021 plan is to buy my first singe family (or multi-family) investment property in central Florida—focusing on the Orlando, Tampa, Ocala and Lakeland areas.

I have no prior real estate investing experience, but I have jumped headfirst into educating myself (reading tons of books from the BiggerPockets bookstore and listening to the weekly BP podcasts), preparing my finances for upcoming investing (i.e., living on a tight budget to allow for greater savings), and just this weekend, obtaining my BiggerPockets Pro membership.

I would love the opportunity to network with local real estate investors in central Florida, as we help eachother grow and achieve our real estate investment goals. All suggestions and recommendations are welcome.

I'm really excited to get my real estate investment journey underway—I greatly appreciate in advance, all the support that the BP community will provide—so let's do this!

[Shawn McCormick]

Hey @Daniel Ocampo Congratulations and welcome to BP. Sounds like you are taking massive action, that's what it takes these days.

You mentioned wanting to network with other investors, I always suggest starting with CFRI. The local chapter of the National REIA. It is a non profit association that focuses on education, resources and networking with LOCAL investors. You will have access to hundreds of other investors, trades, hard money, contractors, wholesalers and even pretty good Realtor or two (me!) I invest here and out of state and have helped many BP'rs to purchase investment homes.

Feel free to reach out anytime, I always enjoy talking thru others strategies and goals. Good Luck out there!