Read up and you'll find tons of info here on the forums, our blog, and in the article directory for help on getting going.See you around.

For tech people, there is a blogging group, Twitter group, etc.I look forward to having you on board and hopefully we can meet soon (we're based in Denver).Best,Josh

I also have been getting an error message for over a week when I try to edit my blog post.

Read my BLOG on that.Also, get you a high school kid, or stay at home mom and just pay them a little something until you get a deal done.

Since the election the number one search term for new readers coming to my blog is some variation on worries over retirement plan seizure or taxation.

So I read all I can, book and blog.

Assuming you plan to buy and hold, you also want want to make cash flow and resale projections going out several years -- I would say five at the least, but probably more.If you go to my blog page here on biggerpockets (or the blog on my company's site) you can download a sample chapter from my latest book -- the chapter is about using cap rates.Originally posted by Dustin Lyle:I read in a thread concerning California where multi unit residentials are selling around 4-5%.. which lead me to a good question..

Hopefully you are writing this from CA because it way too cold back there.Check out my blog to find out a lot about all aspects of RE and while there see my request form to get my free Foreclosure and Short Sale report.

I saw this yesterday and wrote a blog post about it.

Here's the link to info on the voting:http://biggerpockets.com/blogs/1/blog_posts/311