New Member from Canton,Ohio

[Rich Armentrout]

Hello Everyone... My name is Rich. I'm a 43 year old divorced father of 2 girls. I have been interested in real estate investing since I was in college but never jumped in. I have utilized the land contract option to purchase my first two homes and want to make the leap to owning other investments. I have a good friend who is an accountant and owns a number of rentals and has also done quite a few flips. After discovering this about him I sat down and asked how I could become involved. His answer was to bring money to the table or offer some specialized knowledge or time.

I began searching for information by stopping by the local book store and also the web for anything I could learn about investing. I consider it providence that I came across bigger pockets. Since finding BP I have consumed about 45 of the podcasts. Of course my brain is spinning.... Brandon and Josh.. Love you guys.. Almost feel like I know you after listening to so many.

I am here to continue to learn but am anxious to get my first deal on the books. I need help getting out of the "paralysis" mode.. lol. I am considering moving from my current residence and purchasing a duplex or tri-plex. It seems like the most common advice given as a "first step".

My hope is to build relationships here, connect with local investors and become involved in a investment club.

Look forwarding to hearing from you all. Blessings!!

[Dell Schlabach]

Welcome to BiggerPockets, sometimes we travel the worldwide web to meet our neighbors.

My accountant, has some rentals and has done quite a few flips as well, your accountant real estate friend last name Craft by chance? I always refer him to anyone looking for a good accountant who understands real estate, first hand.

We focus on fix and flip, run four crews and have a couple loose "project partnerships" in the flip game as well. Don't do rentals right now, except the commercial building I bought for our offices and storage space, it came with a tenant. Will get into rentals again in a couple years.

Welcome to look me up, track me down if you want to talk real estate over coffee, if there is anything I can help you with feel free to post here, shoot me an email or call.

Great resource you stumbled across , ask a lot of questions, I am sure you will find, as I have, some brilliant people lurk around here answering real estate questions for free.