Newbie here to learn and grow

[Francisca Mac]

Super excited to start this new adventure in real estate investing. 

[Noah Bacon]

Hey Francisca! Welcome to BiggerPockets and thanks for joining!

Here are some tips for networking and making the most of your account.

1) I'd fill out your profile fully before you do anything else! As that will at least help folks that you reach out to know that you are a real person, with a picture and professional bio. Particularly be sure to include your goals for real estate investing so that folks can help you.

2) Follow your favorite forum topics and set up keyword alerts! Adding keywords related to your investment strategy or market locations can be updated in your settings. You’ll receive notifications when there is conversation in the forums you follow or if a user mentions those keywords—so keep them updated often!

3) Check out some of the local meetups that you can find in this forum! There are so many so be sure to filter by your location.

4) Review Dave Meyer’s The State of Real Estate Investing Report 2024 (in your resource page as a member of BiggerPockets!) for real estate investors available to all BiggerPockets members!

5) Consider meeting with a few agents in your area even if you are just getting started! An investor friendly agent can do all sorts of helpful things, like setting you up with a search for properties or connecting you with folks who have recently done deals like the ones you want to do.

6) Consider analyzing a deal or two in your local market, just for practice, with a free use of our Rental Property Calculator (or other calculators).

Hope this helps! Please reach out with any questions you may have!

[Patrick Roberts]

Quote from @Francisca Mac:

Super excited to start this new adventure in real estate investing. 

Charleston has a super strong REI community. Get involved with the local meetups and FB pages. Lots of activity here.

[Mackaylee Beach]

Welcome to the realm of real estate and expanding your financial horizons. I suggest setting your goals and determining the investment approach you would like to pursue. Best of luck to you.

[Simon Ashbaugh]

Hi Francisca, welcome to the BiggerPockets community! It's great to hear about your interest in real estate. For starters, tune in to the BiggerPockets Podcast and connect with the local lenders and brokers. Attend your local REI meetups to build up a strong network and feel free to reach out and connect with everyone in the community. It will be beneficial to achieving your goals. All the best!

[Swati Linder]

Welcome! I think you'll love all the information you can glean from BP. I would love to connect with you & chat about your RE goals. I'm located in Summerville, but have connections all over the lowcountry. :) 

[Francisca Mac]

Thanks. Definitely would like yo do that. 

[Preston Dean]

@Francisca Mac

One thing to remember when you are getting into RE investing is to have your team of people or as Brandon Turner from the Bigger Pockets Podcast calls it your CORE 4

1. Your contractor

2. Your deal finder (agent/wholesaler)

3. Your property manager

4. Your Lender

My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on FIND AN AGENT & FIND A LENDER. There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area. My suggestion would be to select someone with the most forum posts or most reviews. That way you know they are active in the BP community!

Best of luck 

[Dmitriy Fomichenko]

Hey @Francisca Mac, glad to have you aboard. 

Check out BP Podcasts: https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast

Best of luck on your REI journey.