Tacoma is a fantastic market with a lot of opportunity, so you’re starting in the right place.Here’s how you can connect with local experts and start building your skills:Attend local meetups and networking events.

Happy to chat...being a local GC takes out a lot of the risk of the biggest variable for most investors (unpredictable rehab costs) and also allows you to consider more options than the average investor, with your rehab costs being significantly lower.

Did you finance this deal with a local bank or credit union?

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

there was a group of 8 of us that pooled money in a Cabal myself and one other were the main money guys the others put in smaller amounts and when we won one.. we would divy up interest prorata to the amount contributed.. this kept those guys from competing against us and for sure we bid up newbies .. really the only ones that would beat us were those that wanted to live in the house and would just go almost all the way to retail or above .. or someone bidding on a second thinking it was a first and no one is going to help you if you dont know what your doing.. this is a very caveat emptar bizz.

With the massive Taiwanese semiconductor plant under construction in Phoenix, bringing billions in investment and thousands of jobs, how significant do you think the ripple effect will be on the local real estate market?

Find local meetups, rub elbows with other investors, find out what they need, and then find a way to meet that need.For example, maybe an investor is growing fast and struggling to keep up with inspections.

Are you going to continue your investing locally? 

I financed this property using down payment funds from 403B and a local commercial bank.

I’ll obviously contact a local attorney but any advice or suggestions would be helpful.