Newbie from Long Island NY

[Tim Crotty]

Hello everyone. My wife and I are just getting ready to dip a toe into the real estate investing waters. I have a strong background in construction management. I currently work full time for a solar electric contractor here on Long Island and will be eligible for a master electricians license in 2017. We have both recently passed the NYS exam for sales. We are excited to meet other like minded professionals.  If all goes well we will hopefully be able to contribute to this community as much as we take out of it. We look forward to communicating with ad many of you as possible. Thanks. 

[Paul Timmins]

@Tim Crotty

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

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

Download BP's newest book here some good due diligence and step by step what happens in a REIA meeting 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