Overwhelmed in New Jersey

[Jose Jusino]

Hey BP!

So my name is Jose and unfortunately, I have completely overwhelmed myself. I'm a complete beginner and while learning about all of these Real Estate strategies, lead generation techniques, markets, NJ State Taxes!, etc, I froze myself and don't know what to do.

Many of the strategies that I've considered seem difficult where I currently live because of asking prices and property taxes. I thought about out of state investing but I'm not comfortable leaping into a market that I'm not too familiar with. I've even considered waiting for the market to shift more towards a buyers market but thats just a silly excuse to not get started now.

How did you guys get started in Real Estate? I would love to hear some of your stories about how/why you got started and what strategy you used to get started. Did you face any humps in the beginning? And how did you overcome them.

[Dan Barli]

Hi @Jose Jusino I can certainly relate to what you're feeling. NJ is a tough market (depending on your strategy) due to the asking prices and expenses. I personally used BP to build teams in other markets. I would recommend you explore that. You can connect with professionals and then whenever you're ready, you should take a trip to that market to see everything yourself and meet the people you spoke with.

That's personally what I did years ago and haven't looked back since.