People are more willing to help and interact with you if they can see your face. 

feel free to interact in the forums, meet some great people, and definitely provide more value to the community by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and of course, success stories!

Ok, now that you have taken your initial step to learn from us while simultaneously sharing your knowledge, experiences and thoughts, below are some quick links to get engaged. http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere http://www.biggerpockets.com/meet Setting up Keyword Alerts How to Use @Mentions on BiggerPockets 25 Tips for Real Estate SuccessCongrats on your current holdings and I am sure with the BP community's help and the knowledge gained through interactions at this site will help to increase your portfolio.

. :)"Respondents who suffered a bad interaction were 50% more likely to share it on social media than those who had good experiences (45% vs. 30%) and 52% more likely to share it on an online review site such as Yelp (35% vs. 23%)."

@Aleemah Spence welcome, BP is an amazing community to learn any and everything about real estate, have fun and don't forget to interact with us!

Looking forward to interacting with you on the forums.Best Regards!

I'm still learning to navigate BP, any suggestions on how to interact with local members? 

feel free to interact in the forums, meet some great people, and definitely provide more value to the community by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and of course, success stories!

feel free to interact in the forums, meet some great people, and definitely provide more value to the community by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and of course, success stories!

I'm still a newbie as well and have found out that the more I interact on here the more I learn.