How to Start?

[Jason Cook]

I'm new here, and I'm sure this question have been asked before so please bare with me. I am trying to get into the house flipping market but don't really know the best avenue. I was thinking of finding short sales or foreclosures, is this the best way to start?

[Paul Timmins]

@Jason Cook

Welcome. Fill in the foundation below.

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere

Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.

Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice. And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.

Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info. Here you will meet wholesalers who provide deals and rehabbers (cash buyers). Find them through Google and meetup.com

Two Great reads, I bought both J. Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook

House Flipping resources

http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/09/28/best-biggerpockets-house-flipping/

Step by Step Guide to Flipping

http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/07/flipping-houses/

Download BP’s newest book here some good due diligence in Chapter 10. Real Estate Rewind Starting over

http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/brandonatbp/file/real-estate-rewind-a-biggerpockets-community-book

Good Luck

Paul