So I'm hoping to meet and interact with people on bp to help gear me in the right direction to help do my first deal and many more to come!! 

Have you had any interactions with these kind of deals in the past in Philly? 

Be polite, firm and fair in your interactions. 

Now, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.Ok, now that you have taken your initial step, below are some quick links to get engaged. http://www.biggerpockets.com/startherehttp://www.biggerpockets.com/meet Setting up Keyword Alerts How to Use @Mentions on BiggerPockets Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

I've found that finding people eager to invest their money is not as difficult as getting them to lend their money to me.Do yourself a solid and stick a picture up on your profile, you'd be amazed what that will do for getting people to interact with you.Good luck and keep us posted on how this deal develops.

.- site interface hasnt been updated in years. the menuing is old style, - no client side (e.g. jquery) interaction to make data entry easier on the user to enter data. everything seems to be server side - enter 5 fields, hit submit and wait, etc.- the accounting side is bad and needs an overhaul as well - hard to find the reports, they default to 90 day reports, etc.I have watched the training videos, but quite frankly i have used a lot of different web based systems, and I shouldnt have to watch videos to figure the system out (IMHO).S

David, have you ever interacted with the Tenants Union?  

Truly inspiring to see how interactive BP is and the positivity and professionalism in the community.

We care deeply about doing things the right way and being a positive force in real estate.Thanks again for sharing all of your thoughts and concerns and I'm looking forward to interacting with you all on a more regular basis.

I have a margin brokerage account with Interactive Brokers.