My name is Matthew and I am a complete novice with no real estate experience at the moment, but I want to change that by bringing value in any way I can.

It looks like I can learn a lot from their events and networking opportunities, I'm not a complete novice though furthering my education is important to me.Are you a member?

These steps can help novices like me with serious interest in Real Estate investing.  

Quite frankly, I just don't see how a novice can successfully enter this field without an experienced mentor to guide him.  

Hello.  I’m an investor in Gary, IN and Chicago.  Right now I’m involved in buy and holds.  I’d like to learn how to wholesale notes.  If someone on here is an experienced note wholesaler, I’d love to JV with you.  I’...

Of course, as a novice with no deals under my belt, I would like the "experienced" to weigh in.Thanks

I am a complete novice to Real Estate Investing, but for the last few weeks, I have been studying and reading everything that I can get my hands on that was free on the web but filled with reliable and quality information.

Combine this with a job loss and things could be tight.I don't know and would venture to guess that a lot of folks here are fairly novice like myself and have day jobs, families, etc. and can't afford to make six figure mistakes.My last property that I used leverage for I put 25% down (getting a better interest rate) and it cash flows almost the same as my carrying cost: (before escrow readjustment, my cost to carry was $650 and I am getting $1300 for rent, now it is $700 cost to carry, so I am still getting $600 gross cash flow after principal, interest, taxes, and insurance).My next property I hope to do the same.I feel these investments are pretty 'bullet proof': if rents drop an unheard of 20%, I still cash flow.

Now I am behind on selling the vacant half acre in order to use money toward purchase of the 98K home.As I mentioned, I am a novice investor.

We have some experience in the field so we are not completely novice..