All Forum Posts by: Michelle Cernansky

Hello Angel! I'm in pretty much in the same boat as you! I live in Torrance, am new to real estate investing, have about the same amount saved up as you, and am interested in Buy & Hold out of state.

I haven't done any deals yet, but when I'm thinking of where I want to invest out of state, I tend to look at cities/states where I know friends or family that live there already and can give me info that I otherwise would have to find out by going there myself.

Are you going to the BP Conference in Nashville in a couple weeks?

I'm new to real estate investing and am going to make business cards to bring to the BP Conference. Is it common practice to put your personal cell phone number on business cards that you are giving to people for networking? Should I create another phone number to put on my business cards, and if so, how do I do that?

Thank you for any information!

@Eric Jones Thank you for the response! I would love to meet you and your wife at BP Con!

I live in Torrance, CA and would love to invest in buy-and-hold near here, but housing prices are so high in Southern California and I'm not comfortable with jumping into investing here with no experience yet. This has steered me to look out of state for investing. Particularly in East Tennessee (Oak Ridge or Knoxville) where I know people who live there so I would have "boots on the ground."

This made it a no brainer to go to the Bigger Pockets Conference in Nashville, and I was hoping to get some advice on which seminars would be most beneficial as a newbie. I started listening to the Bigger Pockets podcasts a couple months ago and hope to read the following books before the conference: The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and low) Money Down, The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs,and Long Distance Real Estate Investing. 

Also, if there's anyone in or near Torrance who is attending the conference, please let me know! I would love to meet for lunch beforehand!

Thank you!

I will be there, and just booked my flight! Can't wait!