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New members from Boston, MA
Hello everyone,
My girlfriend Martina and I are a professional couple who recently moved to Boston after living abroad for some years. While we were initially considering buying property instead of renting, we are now glad we didn’t make the beginners’ mistake of rushing into buying just for the sake of it – as we realized we still have so much to learn about real estate investing!
Biggerpockets has proven to be an invaluable resource in getting us up to speed on so many topics related to real estate investing – thank you all for being part of such a thriving and helpful community!
After giving some thought to the various options, we have decided to start off with purchasing multifamily properties (triplexes / fourplexes) with the intent to build up a strong buy-and-hold portfolio. We are hopeful to close our first deal by the end of 2015, and ideally, we would like to house-hack on our first property. We know we still have a long road ahead, but we are striving to build a solid foundation by setting up a strong business plan and gain as much knowledge as we can.
We are looking forward to our future interactions with Biggerpockets members and hope to increasingly contribute to this community that, in such short time, has been already teaching us so much!
John & Martina
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@Shaun Reilly, Thanks for the info on the local Boston groups. I'll look them up as well.