All Forum Posts by: Mack Perez

Hey BiggerPockets, I am 21 years old from the Boston area and am extremely motivated to becoming a real estate investor here in Boston. I have gotten a lot of feedback from many different people about not investing in Boston because of the high costs. But I am determined to make it work no matter what kind of different strategies it takes, (if the numbers make sense). One way I want to step foot in the game is by offering my time helping any local investors in my area with anything they need. I really just want to learn as much as I can and absorb real life experience from someone already doing what I want to do. By offering my services I just want to be able to intake as much information as I can from people already doing what I am interested in so I can gain the confidence I need to do it myself. All the books in the world won't get me over the hump of doing it out my own and starting off. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I should get over the hump of starting off my real estate investing career. I do not want to get stuck over educating myself and find myself not ever doing my first deal. Any and all advice is very much appreciated ! Thank you in advance

Hey BiggerPockets, I am 21 years old from the Boston area and am extremely motivated to becoming a real estate investor here in Boston. I have gotten a lot of feedback from many different people about not investing in Boston because of the high costs. But I am determined to make it work no matter what kind of different strategies it takes, (if the numbers make sense). One way I want to step foot in the game is by offering my time helping any local investors in my area with anything they need. I really just want to learn as much as I can and absorb real life experience from someone already doing what I want to do. By offering my services I just want to be able to intake as much information as I can from people already doing what I am interested in so I can gain the confidence I need to do it myself. All the books in the world won't get me over the hump of doing it out my own and starting off. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I should get over the hump of starting off my real estate investing career. I do not want to get stuck over educating myself and find myself not ever doing my first deal. Any and all advice is very much appreciated ! Thank you in advance

thank you @Sri Voodi 

Hey BiggerPockets !

My name is Mack, 21 years old, from the Boston area, and a motivated new investor. I recently started using the BiggerPockets Forum to gain some knowledge surrounding my Realestate interests. I have zero experience and before I start house hacking and buying and hold property for cash flow and long term appreciation. I wanted to start out by buying "ugly house", single family. And using hard money to buy cheap, rehab, and flip to earn some profit and eventually acquire enough money to put down payments on nicer multi families on my own. 

My question to the BiggerPockets forum, is how do I possibly estimate rehab costs for a property I come across on realty websites, seeing as how I have no experience to make an educated rehab estimate.

thank you in advance

Mike Hurney haha this is a classic, there are still 5 left ! I'll never be 100% ready I just have to take action. Thanks for the advise

Thanks for the recommendation I will definitely look into completing that @David Sohn

Thanks for the warm welcome @Jeremy Pakalka I really appreciate it. I will for sure continue learning until I have enough money to fund my first few deals. I will also keep that advice in mind when reading other peoples experience. 

Hey BiggerPockets community ! My name is Mack, and I am 21 years old in college from the Boston, MA area. I have recently been reading many business books, more specifically about real estate investing and acquiring passive income. I recently got exposed to BiggerPockets by a Udemy course on Realestate investing financing I took created by Brian, and he mentioned BiggerPockets a lot. I have been following BiggerPockets podcasts episodes religiously for the past 2 months. I finally came to my senses and decided to start somewhere by introducing myself to this wonderful community of insightful people. I am open to any and all tips any of you with skin in the game have to offer. I am really lured into buy and hold multi family properties. I specifically am interested on any tips and pointers on financing techniques I should look into when I come across a potential deal, without having a portfolio to prove myself. I am steamed up to pursue a career in real estate investing, especially meeting some great people here on Biggerpockets along the way ! 

-Thanks