Schenectady, NY · Member since 2015 · 9 posts · 2 votes
Hello all,
My name is Christian Cuevas and I live in Schenectady, NY. I have always been fascinated with real estate but never knew how to get started because I thought I needed to have tons of cash to start. Then I came across wholesaling, and figured it's my ticket out of the rat race. So that is what I have been reading and learning for the past year or so and now I'm ready to dive in completely.
My goal is to start wholesaling locally to get the flow of it and build a national wholesaling machine, with the money from that I will begin buying properties to build up my net worth, and when my net worth is high enough I want to invest in other companies or ventures (future billionaire?).
For a few weeks I have been trying to find a good mentor in the area (or anywhere for that matter) that is willing to work with me and split some deals while I learn. So if anyone knows wholesaling and wants to partner up, please let me know since I want to get this wholesaling machine engine fired up ASAP!
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@Christian Cuevas I am in Albany, I am no wholesalers but am very active in other types of real estate investing.. Feel free to connect if I can help, or you have something mutually beneficial.
Christian Cuevas
Welcome to biggerpockets! I'm in Schenectady, and while I'm more of a buy and hold guy, I still want to practice some of the wholesaling techniques to buy my own properties below retail.
Haven't come across any real active wholesalers in the area but I'm sure they are around. Best way to find a mentor is to offer something of value to them, like James said. Maybe you know contracting, marketing, or whatever it is that someone else may not know as much about.
Highly recommend going to the local AIN meetings at the Century House in Latham. Next one is Monday night, great place to network with other local RE investors. Get the $10 buffet they offer, food is excellent.
Thx for the advice. Also, send me a msg with what you are looking for and I will keep an eye out for you. I am also working with a close friend who is a contractor and licensed plumber. That is how I will be learning some reno work and repair estimating. I am thinking of getting some fix & flips under my belt to learn the work and costs associated with it so I can better come up with the numbers for my wholesale buyers. Hopefully we meet at AIN this Monday if I get out of work early enough.
I probably won't be able to make the meeting this month as I have to watch my kids and can't find a babysitter. I will definitely be at the April one though, I'll add you later when I'm on the desktop site, the BP mobile app isn't really very functional, like adding people!
Great! Send me a PM with the area, type of property, how much repairs you want to do and price range of where you would like to purchase and I will keep both eyes peeled.