New to Real Estate 路 Perris, CA 路 Member since 2021 路 5 posts 路 1 vote
Hello all 馃憢馃徏 ,
My brother and I are looking to get our first property. We're primarily looking at small multifamily or a single family to househack. We plan on getting in the market later this year. Just at the moment we both feel unsure on how to continue. He has a VA loan he can use or we can use our first time homeowners to qualify. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
For everyone thinking about getting into real estate investing, I recommend spending at least 6 months educating yourself through websites likes this and its family of books and podcast, other real estate podcast, books at the library, and local meetups. After 6 months you'll know what strategy you want to deploy, and have the confidence and knowledge to do it.
This can also provide time to pay off any consumer debt, save an emergency fund, and start saving for a property as needed. This time can also be spent learning everything possible about your target market using websites like Zillow.