I spent my life in construction, working hand to mouth.  I hooked up with a National Builder as a Superintendent and took advantage of the discounts I was given on New Home purchases in my communities.  I would buy on...

I have wanted to invest in real estate buy and holds every since reading "Building wealth one house at a time" by John Schaub.I am a male Registered Nurse in NC working as a director of nursing.

I don't know NC contracting laws but you may want to familiarize yourself with them. 

Real estate investor in NC.

Pleasant NC - I use them for my clients, personal home, and investment properties.  

To learn more, feel free to checkout my bio.Here's a rough agenda:ROUGH AGENDA7-7:15 Intros7:15 Market Update: San Francisco, CA (Houston Garcia of Vanguard Properties)7:25 Market Update: Houston, TX (Evan Compean of Champion Real Estate Group)7:35 Market Update: Charlotte, NC (Jon S. / Member)7:45 Investment Opportunity: Saj Shah8:00 Current Deals updatesAfter 8pm NetworkingCONFERENCE CALL DIAL-IN INFO:Conference Dial in:(six four one) seven one five-3300Participant Access Code: 355754#

NC is a great state when it comes to purchasing foreclosures, I did this for many years and they are more open to working with investors then most other states I have worked in.

Are you also new to NC?

I sat there thinking I need to take action and introduce myself however a little voice full of excuses/justifications in the back of my mind was saying "not worth it, you are moving to NC shortly anyways, what good does it do to network with someone here in chicagoland."

Or, as manufacturing certainly tends to go, if my current gig dries up before then I'd like to be far enough along in real estate that I have the option to pursue it full time rather than looking for another corporate job.I live in Youngsville NC and I have some land nearby that I am pulling together data on to decide how best to develop it.