Newbie from Pittsburgh

[Tanya Bass]

I'm a new investor in the Pittsburgh area. I have no experience in Real Estate and am looking to get into flipping houses. I'm still in the learning phase, so am not close to being ready to actually make a deal. If there are people who have a track record for flipping in the Pittsburgh area I'd love to hear from you to discuss different neighborhoods and what you've experienced in the Pittsburgh market. I'm planning on attending the ACRE meeting next month, but I'd also love to hear whether people have had better experiences with ACRE or REIA.

I still feel a little overwhelmed with all of the information and feel like I don't really know what questions to ask yet, but I wanted to introduce myself.

[Paul Timmins]

@Tanya Bass

Welcome. Go to all meetings. Fill in the foundation below.

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere

Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.

Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice. And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.

Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info. Here you will meet wholesalers who provide deals and rehabbers (cash buyers). Find them through Google and meetup.com

Two Great reads, I bought both J. Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook

Consider checking out HUD homes for small multi's owner occupied gets first crack.

Download BP’s newest book here some good due diligence in Chapter 10. Real Estate Rewind Starting over

http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/brandonatbp/file/real-estate-rewind-a-biggerpockets-community-book

Good Luck

Paul