I'm a newbie investor from the Philadelphia area looking to close my first deal and get started on the path toward a bountiful and fulfilling career in real estate investing. 

We were all still impacted, just not as severely as the rest of the country.The area between Austin and San Antonio will continue to grow in my opinion with Texas State University continuing on a growth path coupled with Amazon and some manufacturers locating in that corridor.In what I currently do for a living, I get to see what and where companies are building.  

Im in your local area so hopefully our paths will cross in the near future!

Even though the path ahead of me is daunting and seems impossible, I have learned enough from my own past to know that I am capable of conquering this mountain before me!  

I'm thinking about following this path myself and would love to hear how things turned out for you!

I am just beginning down the path and have 1 Triplex, but plan on acquiring 6-10 units/ year for the next several years.Any opinions are welcome.

A word to the wise:in your first couple of months at your local REIA meetings,  make sure you leave your checkbook at home, until you decide what path you wish to take.

I would suspect that the process is fairly straight forward, but this is a jurisdictional issue and what happens in mine may be 180 degrees different than yours.

Before you go down this path it is important that you discuss the options with your spouse and make sure you both understand what you are getting into.

I have been trying to plan my best course of action for investing in real estate, but getting started with a solid long-term plan past my initial home purchase is not as straight-forward as I had hoped.First, I would like to purchase my own home (first-time home buyer) through a MyCommunityMortgage with a small down payment (3%).