New Investor, Just Saying Hello

[Josh Speiker]

Hey Everyone!

Another new investor here. My name is Josh, I'm a Network Engineer and I have been in the real estate world for about a whole week. I am currently a renter myself, my partner and I had actually downgraded our living situation about a year ago and started saving up to buy a home. At first we had our goals set on our forever home, max out the loan amount we were approved for, get a big yard, new appliances, etc. etc. I had an epiphany a few weeks back however as I had been reading some investment books which touched briefly on Real Estate and thought, this could be a great opportunity to set myself up for a proper retirement. So here I am.

I am currently just wrapping up both "Investing for Dummies" and "Rental Property Investing", I have also been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast and am now at least a minimally active member of the forum.

I know this has probably been covered a million times or more, but I would be remiss if I didn't ask at least one question on my first post, so, if you could pick one resource, be it a book, podcast, etc. (aside from BP) that helped you the most in your first year of investing, what would it be?