Chapel Hill, NC · Member since 2014 · 3 posts · 1 vote
Hi All,
I stumbled along the BiggerPockets Podcast one week ago and am blown away by what I've found. This is a truly amazing resource!
For the past 12 years I've split my time between traveling, leading trips for an active travel company, and spending winters in Chapel Hill, NC.
Recently, my business partner and I started a landscape design business based in the Triangle, which I now devote most of my time to.
Neither of us have experience in real estate but are eager to begin investing soon.
We'd like to get our start in multi-family buy-and-hold properties, and even though Raleigh is currently home for us both, we're open to investing out-of-town.
Welcome to the community! BP has a tremendous amount of information to help you, but it is only available if you seek it out. Be sure to be as active as possible. Read blogs, post questions, and the podcasts are the greatest. The best free education you can get. Good luck!
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You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing. Rents can be 2-4 times more. Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.
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Welcome to teh site . you have already gotten alot of great tips above:)
BP is a great resource. Full of great tips and reads. One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market. I really dont think you can look at too many properties, and the more you look, the more knowledge you will gain for that market