ATTN: Active RI Flipping Investors

[Matthew Charron]

Hello fellow BP members! My name is Matthew Charron and I am a brand new aspiring Real Estate Investor. This is my first post here on the BP forums though I have been a Pro Member since around April 2017. I have attended many of the online webinars and I have begun to read, and plan to finish, the "Top 20 books all R.E.I. should read" as listed from BP. I am posting here tonight because I am interested in offering up my free time for any active flippers in the Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut, or Southern Massachusetts areas. I currently work a full time first shift job. I am usually home by 5pm with every Sunday off, as well as alternating Wednesdays and Saturdays off. I would love to get to know the flipping side of the business and I would be more than willing to help out any active investors in any way I can during my off time from work so I can familiarize myself with the business/processes of flipping houses. Feel free to reply to this post if there is some way I can help. I have a great resume outside of Real Estate as well as references if needed. I could bring a strong positive presence to your business and help ease some of the workload. I thank you in advance for your time and look forward to speaking with you as well as hopefully working with you in the future.

Sincerely,

Matthew Charron

[Anthony Thompson]

@Matthew Charron I do hope someone takes you up on your offer.

In case no one does though, I'd recommend you attend a local real estate investor group like Black Diamond REI in southern Mass. or RI Real Estate Investors Group in RI.

You'd want to engage several people in conversation, particularly during the times at the beginning and end of the meetings when folks typically network, and maybe ask a few folks out to coffee.

Many people look for "mentors", and that might work for you, but another approach to consider would be just to try making friends with people who are one or two steps ahead.

So maybe they're not successful full-time investors (the Holy Grail of Mentor-seeking), but instead own one or two rental properties, or have done one or two successful flips, or really anything in one of the directions you want to go.

I find that can be easier to achieve, and you can get a lot out of it because such folks are very familiar with the challenges you face - after all, it wasn't long ago they were at that same point themselves.