New to Bigger Pockets

[Vincent Mangino]

Hi I've been listening to the Real Estate Rookie for a while now and decided to finally check out all the online resources. I'm located in Buffalo NY currently living in and renovating my first duplex.

[Timothy Smith]

Welcome @Vincent Mangino. This is a great community for networking and getting helpful tips. You should come to the monthly meetup, which is held at Pearl Street Bar and Grill every second Wednesday around 6:30pm. Where is your duplex? Glad to see you are capitalizing on the house hack (I still do!) and getting some hands-on experience. There is nothing as educational as doing the work yourself, especially when starting out. It was an invaluable experience for me to gain that knowledge, sweat equity, and understanding of what it takes to do things correctly so you can vet contractors when you start to scale.