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New Member from Lehigh Valley PA
The train is finally leaving the station; I have joined BiggerPockets!! For months I have been educating myself about real estate and home ownership by reading several publications, attending seminars and taking a real estate course so I may sit for my PA Real Estate Salesperson license. Some time ago I came across BiggerPockets while still working in the life insurance industry and found the people here to be very invaluable and so knowledgeable about the real estate market. My job laid me off a few weeks ago and I am so excited to be able to fully focus on entering the real estate world. I am extremely interested in buy & hold investments and first-time homeownership sales, I can barely sleep. Very soon I will be applying to realty companies, so here I come!
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I love your enthusiasm. I am not a realtor but deal with them far more than I like. My best advise, being on the customer end, always be available. Nothing is worse than a realtor who does not get back to you ASAP. I came across a statistic that something like 94% of the folks start looking for homes on their own, using the web. Given that, 80% of the people use a realtor via word of mouth. Real estate is a local market. Treat folks well and you will be a success.