I will be listening out for you when you arrive in Ca.

Most of the foolish beginner's pitfalls and potholes could be avoided by learning from someone who has already made those mistakes, learned from them, and moved on to success.If you have spent any amount of time here on BP you will have come across numerous posts from investors who blast the novice entrepreneur for clogging up the market with bad deals, or more concerning to me, accidentally break the law and risk major issues.

Hi BP,I am a long time listener and recent BP pro member.

It's definitely nice to see so many people helping each other out and it's inspiring to listen to everyone's stories.

Make sure to listen to the podcasts.

We plan to buy more, and I may do real estate part- or full-time when I get out of the military.But in listening to several financial podcasts, and at least one of the interviews with a CFP, I hear a lot of warnings against real estate.

Fellow BP members,I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast for over a year now, usually while I am getting in a morning workout and look to this forum to expand my knowledge, share my views, and meet people.  

I have listened to many podcast the last 6 days and read many good threads in these forums.

I'm listening to the BP podcasts daily, reading everything I can on the forums, researching terms I don't understand, reading a rental property book, looking into getting my real estate license (even if it just helps me to buy my first property) and I had already read Think and Grow Rich twice last summer.

Ryan, great decision to take the plunge, if me and my wife were children free, we would definitely go for a house hack today, it makes crazy awesome sense to do this.Here are a few pointers:1) Use an experienced 203k lender, not someone that has done (1) or (2) just google 203k lender for your immediate area, call (3) get best rate, listen to experience pick (1)2) Its all about value, in some cases you can go 110% of appraised value, giving you more money for your renovation if you need it, depends on your situation and market.