How should new real estate investors begin networking or begin?

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How can I a young teen turning (18) get into the real estate market other than learn online...when can I get in touch with real estate investors who can be a great help for me at at a young start?

Kenneth Garrett · Answer

@Emily Moncada

Attend local REIA meetings, meetups and REI events.  Many are currently held on Zoom since we are social distancing still.  This is the best way to network.  Follow BP and use your local area to post in.  Listen to podcast to learn as well.  Podcast are a great way to learn from successful investors.

Jonathan Greene · Answer

As a young female future investor, I would make sure you have another person who is interested as well for when you start going to events when they are back in person and making connections. The REI world is imbalanced toward men and some can be quite sexist (this also rolls over to contracting and job sites in a big way). You want to make sure that people are engaging to help you for the right reasons and having a wing person, male or female, will help give you a second set of eyes and ears. Doing online Zooms is a great option to get your feet wet while also listening to the podcasts with young investors talking about how they got started.

Stephen Keighery · Answer

Local REIAs and meetups are a great place to meet people (when they are in person again). The local investor Facebook groups are also great. You can ask questions and meet active people there. Congratulations on getting started young, keep at it.

Calvin Ozanick · Answer

As I have told many investors on here, your biggest asset is your time and eagerness. You can make a huge impact on an investor by spending time in their circle and doing the work that helps them get to the next level. By being in that circle and volunteering your time and effort, you will learn so much more. I would begin just by interacting on BiggerPockets and then go from there and find people to meet in your area.

Calvin Ozanick · Answer

The biggest thing you are going to want to focus on is finding a way to add value to another investor. Even if you offer your time to help them get a direct mail campaign started, it could be a huge benefit to you and a way for you to get your foot in the door. I would suggest interacting on BP and reading/ listening learning as much as you can. Best of luck and if you have questions about it, I would be happy to give some insight.

Emily Moncada · Answer

@Brian Briscoe thank you this was very helpful it truthy meant a lot to me.

Emily Moncada · Answer

@Jonathan Greene thanks for your insight...info like this allows me to have a broad view of life. I'm looking forward to meeting with new investor that I can trust to work with.Especially  to solve promblems just like these.I will do by best to find good people there's plenty.

Thanks again

Dan Sheeks · Answer

Hey @Emily Moncada.Congrats to you for your ambition! I work with a bunch of young aspiring real estate investors just like you, and I am willing to help you out with some advice or even chat on the phone if you wish. But I recommend you read this article I wrote for Bigger Pockets titled How to Invest in Real Estate Before Turning 21 which will address some of your questions in your post. Once you've read it, let me know your thoughts and if you have any questions. I am a high school teacher in Colorado and I am always looking to help young people get started in real estate investing or help in any way I can. Let me know if you want to chat sometime.https://www.biggerpockets.com/..

Brian Briscoe · Answer

@Kenneth Garrett and @Stephen Keighery have solid answers already.  I'll just add that you need to engage people.  On social media you can react/like and comment on posts... but try to make your comments the type that add value.  It may take several weeks of reading what's in the forum to learn enough before your comments are truly helpful, but it's a start.  You can start posting stuff, but depending on the platform, you may not get much traction at first until you've made several connections... You want people to recognize your name, then they'll start engaging with your posts...

It's actually similar at the in-person events.  Once people start to recognize you, you'll get more engagement.  Introduce yourself to the speaker afterwards and tell them you enjoyed their presentation.  Talk with the host and say thanks for putting the meetup together and let him/her know what you're looking for.  When more experienced investors spend a few minutes talking with you, tell them that their comments were valuable...  Keep doing this, and you'll go from noob to where people know who you are and then to where people are asking your opinions...

Emily Moncada · Answer

@Dan Sheeks thank you for the support, just finished reading  your blog I loved it. I checked out another blog of yours  very much appreciate the part time gigs or side hustles awell. I would really appreciate if we can do a zoom meeting or call.(!exited!).I'm available during the week..I work during the weekends.

Thank you once again hope to hear from you soon.

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