My advice would be to keep active on the forums and BP, keep listening to podcasts, connect with other individuals who have done what you're looking to do, and never be afraid of asking any questions.I'm always happy to help and share my insight anyway that I can so please don't hesitate to reach out if you think I can help!

I was immediately interested in learning more, and have been very thankful for all the incredible information/insight Bigger Pockets has to offer.

Would love discuss overall market and local insights.

Before your read any further, I would not consider myself an expert, but I do think based upon your post you and I are probably in the same boat.I assume if your budget is 400k, you probably have 80k-100k liquid cash for deal 1?

Hi Jake, I can give you a bunch of insight on financing options for a project like this. 

You will also need to figure away to get leads so you will need to become a somewhat expert in marketing.

I'm tagging @Justin R. who probably has better insight than me.

I have only worked with them as a seller thus far, but there are a couple of threads here on BP about buyers that have worked with them, so do a search and you will get some insight to what you are looking for.

Many members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate brokerage, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are some pretty cool discounts on various products and services offered as Perks to BP members that you might want to check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t checked it out already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their awesome podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

Some of NY tax experts who are contributing to this forum are @Nicholas Aiola, @Taylor Brugna and @Basit Siddiqi.