How to start my real estate career in NYC/Long Island

[Jeff Morys]

Hey everyone, my name is Jeff. I’m new to Bigger Pockets and real estate. I just purchased my first co-op in Hewlett NY and I am looking to rehab, live and flip to start my career. I am interested in advice and partnerships. I am very much at the beginning and would love to hear your experience in this market. How do I analyze deals? How do I find investors? Money to start? How to find great contractors? How to refinance? How to find an exit strategy? Rent or sell? Thank you very much. Enjoy your day

[John Webster]

As far as contractors etc there are several ways to find them. One way your local realestate group. Meetup.com shows where the groups are at. I see one in long island on the 14th. Money part is very easy, finding deals i see is what gets people, why people say deals are dried up. Number one thing I do is I have boots on the ground..plenty of deals in every market. More people looking the more ground you can cover. I showed a few people next time I met them they had over 100 deals each on a list . I use people that have to be out anyway. Landscaper's, uber driver's, trash people, newspaper carriers etc. they spread the word to people they know to help before you know it you have tons of deals coming your way. I have software that analyzes deals for me since I get so many, I just add the "fudge factor", unknowns, there is a calculation for that most just throw out numbers lol. Feel free to pm me, also , you came to right place there are awesome people on here. Enjoy your day