My name is Wendell, I am 26 years old and I am brand new to BiggerPockets, already love all the support and information in the community.I just wanted to layout where I am at in my investment journey as well as my initial game plan for really jumping straight into real estate investing.

After being in the game for a while, we can usually sense when something is off before we enter contract.

@David Lee Hall, IIIYes, I know about this but you’d suggest this over wholesaling?

This will avoid issues down the road if she is flaky and using boyfriend to play the tenant game.

Two years and thousands of research hours later, I know a heck of a lot more and realize that he probably just sent out a mass text to investors he knew which is how you play the game, right?

@Steve Morris in the beginning yes it’s terrible but after you get a thick skin and get better at it’s a great tool I just wanted to see if anything had changed when I was out of the sales game.

But the name of the game is skate to where the puck is going....this market seems to have a vibe of affordable housing, space, yard, single family, etc... in my opinion Not sure about NY, but Cleveland has pockets of massive appreciation.Tremont, Lakewood, Ohio city - all neighborhoods of 2x-4x appreciation over 7-10 year horizon..... not sure now as I never had the stomach for the risk/reward.I always operate in the same market since I’m a high velocity flipper and deals exist all over the Midwest key is building relationships and trust in your market.

I realize that the skin in the game thing comes up over and over again. 

I am about to start a rental rehab in which I will use LVP for the living room, dining room,kitchen and finished basement with carpet for the steps, upstairs hall and bedrooms.I tried a metallic epoxy floor for a basement earlier this year in a rehab.

Looking for local investors in the tri-cities who are in the multi-family house hacking market/game