New to investing and to Oregon

New to investing and to Oregon

Oregon City, OR · Member since 2015 · 2 posts · 1 vote

Hi there my name is Melissa Parker, I am new to the Portland area and the west coast in general. I have had a large interest in buying and flipping houses along with restoration of houses for many years now. There just has never been a good time to get involved in it. I have spent a lot of time moving around the country over the last several years and I have settled in Oregon for the moment. This is where life has landed me and I have the time to spend starting and furthering my career in the house flipping world.

I spend a lot of time traveling when I get the chance, other than that I work a full time job. I plan to do most if not all of the work myself on the houses I want to flip, I'm a very hands on get into my work kind of gal. As time passes though I do plan on having multiple houses going at a time (as I am working to make this all I do for a living) so I will have to hire on crews to make things flow smoothly.

I'm a sponge for knowledge so any advice or helpful hits are always appreciated. Also I am actively looking for investors.

Thank you for reading and have a beautiful day.

Melissa

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Jill DeWitPro Member
Investor · Scottsdale AZ · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 423 votes
10y

Hello @Melissa Parker and welcome to BP. BP is a great place to network with other real estate investors. It's also great for learning about real estate investing by watching the free online educational videos and taking the free courses that BP has to offer. You came to the right place.

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  • Jill DeWitPro Member
    Investor · Scottsdale AZ · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 423 votes
    10y

    Hello @Melissa Parker and welcome to BP. BP is a great place to network with other real estate investors. It's also great for learning about real estate investing by watching the free online educational videos and taking the free courses that BP has to offer. You came to the right place.

  • Lender · Spokane, WA · Member since 2015 · 32 posts · 9 votes
    10y

    Hi @Melissa Parker Congrats on moving to the beautiful PNW.  My favorite place by far to live as I have lived all over the country.  Also, welcome to BP.  Hopefully you are able to find a bunch of the information you need to get off to the races.  Is there any questions that you are having a hard time answering?  Have you found any deals that you are close to making offer or are you a ways from that step?  PM me if you have any specific questions that I can help you with.

    Thanks!

  • Rental Property Investor · Dayton, OH · Member since 2016 · 210 posts · 160 votes
    10y

    Welcome Melissa to the Bigger Pockets world. Maybe we can connect  for business one day!

    Wishing you success on your Flippin  journey!

  • Residential Real Estate Broker · Beaverton, OR · Member since 2014 · 335 posts · 149 votes
    10y

    @Melissa Parker, Welcome to BP and the Portland area, you've come to the right place to learn more about real estate investing. I would also suggest that you check out Rarebird (www.myrarebird.com) and Northwest REIA (www.northwestreia.com), two local real estate investors groups.

    Good luck.

  • Oregon City, OR · Member since 2015 · 2 posts · 1 vote
    10y

    Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement, also for the suggestions of other sites to check out. :) I wish you all the best and hope that business will flourish for all of you:)

    Melissa

  • Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
    10y

    @Melissa Parker  look no father than Oregon city for turn of the century homes that need some love.

  • Residential Real Estate Broker · Portland, OR · Member since 2016 · 92 posts · 31 votes
    10y

    @Melissa Parker, welcome to Portland, Oregon, with great bias, I say you found the best place to live in America! :) Also welcome to BP, lots of good materials and experience here, and lots of experienced folks willing to share their knowledge. And I always tell people, listen to @Jay Hinrichs, he has seen it all. :)

  • Residential Real Estate Broker · Portland, OR · Member since 2015 · 22 posts · 8 votes
    10y

    Welcome to BP! Me and my wife are also new to investing and want to flip properties in the Portland market. I have noticed from driving around in SE Portland there is a lot of vacant properties that are not on the market, several in my opinion would be a great rehab project. I am trying to figure out how to contact the owners. We decided to really dig into "Off market" properties since the housing in Portland is scarce. 

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