Meeting people always helps decisions. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/789230-orange-county-investor-meetup

I haven't figured out how to ask a moderator to remove this post, but I reposted it to the commercial forum: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/32/topics/795430-first-commercial-lease-negotiationI bought a 2 unit commercial building and have had it listed for about 6 months.

This post might not fall under the "New Member Introduction" topic, but since I'm new to the site and it's my first thread, I figured it makes sense to post here. :)

Ok so I want to give a little back ground about my before I get into the topic I've been a home repair man since 18 I'm 30 now an I've always work for property management company so i know how it runs an  Operates I've been on 24 maintenance on call for student housing, retirement home an standard rental property now I'm getting into my own rental property's last year I brought a property for 130k fha  an an got the value up to 180k I refinance that fha to an conventional loan so now I'm looking for a 2 or 4 plex with an fha already have offers in just waiting to hear back an I'm also thinking of using my a line of credit from the first property to put down on a owner financing single family am I moving in the right direction or should I change things up plz let me know what you all think I'm working out of Norfolk va 

Have your properties segmented off into LLC's can help you be poor on paper and potentially help you keep more of your assets if you get sued and lose.It's a complicated and deep topic.

Does anyone recommend or know of a book or resource that would help me better understand the topic?

In today's BiggerPockets episode (366. 40 Doors in His First 2 Years with Henry Washington), Henry Washington talks about this topic and how announcing his goals changed his mindset and helped him succeed!

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Here are some recommendations for you:Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/search/usersSet up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsRead Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingIf you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select the name of that person which should appear below the comments box.

For the 6 months I have been curious about real estate and slowly started to research the topic. 3 months ago I discovered the BP real estate podcast and since then I have been listening to real estate related videos every single day.