You will find there is a lot of real estate investors from southeast louisiana on the site.

Wish I had a cleaner answer, but everyone is going to want you to have skin in the game. 

Hello all,my name is Howard Green from Capital Heights,Md..My first post to the group,my goal is to acquire buy and hold properties in Baltimore,Md,as of today i have one Sub 30k property under contract that i hopefully can rent out Section 8,brand new rookie to the REI game any and all advice would be greatly appreciated,thanking you in advance.

They don’t have skin in the game.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

Hi Guys, Have any of you ever felt yourself hitting a wall when it comes to your investing goals?🙋🏾♀️I have been thinking a lot about finding an investment mentor to talk some decisions through with but for the fun of...

Great that you joined the site!

Or any tips you have for someone starting fresh in the game?

Great that you joined the site!

@Ian Ippolito - Thanks - I just went back to your site, where the guides and background reading are the clearest I've found on the web, and immensely helpful.