"New" Member in the PA/NJ Area

"New" Member in the PA/NJ Area

Real Estate Broker · Westampton, NJ · Member since 2014 · 57 posts · 31 votes

I am a new/old member, and I say that because I have been reading BiggerPockets since 2008, but I just now created an account.

Anyway a little about me:

I was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised in Burlington NJ. I graduated from Burlington Towhsip Highschool in 2006.

I served in the active duty Army from 2006-2010. I was stationed in Georgia, Germany and Texas. My service includes a 15 month deployment to Iraq.

I got interested in real estate in 2007 while I was still in Iraq. I joined BiggerPockets and spent a lot of time learning the different ways to get involved in real estate. When I finally got back to the US purchased my first investment property in 2009. It was a multi-family (4 unit) property in Copperas Cove Texas (close to FT HOOD) that I used my VA loan to purchase. I lived in one unit and rented the other 3 units out. To date this has been my most successful investments, and this is how I got started investing in real estate.

I got my real estate salesperson license in August 2013.

I currently attend Temple University pursuing a BBA in Real Estate (scheduled to graduate May 2015)

I look forward to networking with other like minded people. I am currently working on a SFR in Camden, NJ that I plan on renting, then selling 2-5 years from now.

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  • Real Estate Investor · Philadelphia , PA · Member since 2014 · 87 posts · 9 votes
    11y

    Welcome Ryan !

  • Investor · Austin, TX · Member since 2013 · 49 posts · 17 votes
    11y

    Welcome, Ryan! And congratulations on your RE license.

    Are you licensed in PA or TX? And, are you looking to invest in PA or TX or both?

    William Avery

  • Hanford, CA · Member since 2013 · 5k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    11y

    Welcome to Biggerpocket!

    Definitely check out the blogs, podcast and forums. Another great source of information is individual blogs found in peoples signatures. Many of us including myself write about our niche. The only thing we all agree about is investing in Real Estate. Beyond that there are many different style and types of investing. My blog/website is about long distance self management, landlording, investing in class A investments, investing in a transient lifestyle, etc.

    Good Luck ! Look forward to seeing you around!

  • Pittsburgh, PA · Member since 2014 · 34 posts · 4 votes
    11y

    @Ryan Fagan Hey Ryan,

    Welcome to BP. Congrats and good luck with everything. 

  • Real Estate Broker · Westampton, NJ · Member since 2014 · 57 posts · 31 votes
    11y

    @William Avery I'm licensed in PA & NJ.  I currently invest in NJ but if I had the capital I would buy more "buy and hold" properties around Ft Hood Texas.

    Thank you everyone!

  • Real Estate Broker · Cleveland Dayton Cincinnati Toledo Columbus & Akron, OH · Member since 2013 · 30k+ posts · 20k+ votes
    11y

    @Ryan Fagan 

    welcome to the site.

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