Hi my name is Chris , I new to the real estate community. I want to say hi to all you on here first and foremost. I'm a father of 3 boys and married to the most amazing woman I n the world. I don't know if this this the right area to ask this question, but I will try. I live in Ohio and I look for a couch to show me how to wholesale and flip house. Could some point in the right direction please?

Good evening Chris,

I would attend local meet ups to network with local investors. You can also search BP for investors in your area and reach out to them. Offer them value, see what they need help with and be THAT person!

It sounds like this is what you want to do and you're determined. Show that to someone and they will see a little of themselves in you and show you the ropes.

Best of luck to you!

-Abe

Howdie Neighbor! @Chris Sellers

Wholesaler here from Indianapolis! Here are a few tips that helped me get started to find a mentor, 

Set up keyword alerts for your specific area.

I'd then create a post on BiggerPockets saying where you are from and that you're looking for advice on how to find an ethical mentor in your area.

This will notify other people with keywords set up for your area. (But make sure you don't say, "I'm looking for a mentor in my area, any takers?" As that will get you kicked off for solicitation)

Then I'd be on the lookout for established wholesalers and investors in your area that pop up from your keywords.

Once you find a few that seem to bring in the deals, take them out to coffee or something. Make sure you interview them and get a feel for them. (working with them is a mutual agreement)

If you like them, and they seem like a good fit, then ask if you were to find some deals, if you could bring the deals to them for them to buy and then offer a 60/40 split (they get 60%) if they'll agree to walk you through the process of closing on it/selling it. And state that you'd obviously do a lot of the leg work, you'd just need to be shown what to do.

Finally offer, if they have any other needs in their business, that you're really hungry to get involved and to learn the business, so if they needed help answering phones, cleaning toilets or whatever, that you'd love an opportunity to work with them and help out. 

I hope this helps your quest. Finding deals first helped me find a mentor and now I am apart of a team, doing much larger deals. 

Good luck & God bless. 

Hi @Chris Sellers . I live in Denver now, but I lived in Akron for all of 2016 on a short term work assignment and that is where I'm looking to invest. I'd highly suggest attending the REIA- there were several active investors and great networking opportunities. https://www.acreia.org/

Good luck and if you decide to go the wholesaling path and find a great deal, let me know! 

Welcome Chris! I am newer around here as well. I would recommend getting out there and networking. There is a Cleveland area BP meetup every month by Cleveland Hopkins airport that I went to in April and it was pretty solid. I haven't seen one closer to us in the Akron area but there were a lot of experienced people there willing to talk and offer input on many things. 

Originally posted by @Chris Sellers :

Hi my name is Chris , I new to the real estate community. I want to say hi to all you on here first and foremost. I'm a father of 3 boys and married to the most amazing woman I n the world. I don't know if this this the right area to ask this question, but I will try. I live in Ohio and I look for a couch or a mentor to show me how to wholesale and flip house. Could some point in the right direction please?

 Welcome to BP! Always nice to see another Ohioan on here! Good luck!

Originally posted by @Chris Sellers :

Hi my name is Chris , I new to the real estate community. I want to say hi to all you on here first and foremost. I'm a father of 3 boys and married to the most amazing woman I n the world. I don't know if this this the right area to ask this question, but I will try. I live in Ohio and I look for a couch or a mentor to show me how to wholesale and flip house. Could some point in the right direction please?

 Welcome to the site Chris.

@Chris Sellers Welcome Chris! It's always good to meet people who are in Cleveland. I love Cleveland for investing, even though I'm in California (but originally from Michigan)!

@Chris Sellers

Welcome to BP.

 @Darius Gill :

I am on here just searching through, trying to find out where I should start and I came upon your comment and I just wanted to say thank you! Although this wasn't aimed at me it helped me a lot and I hope to be able to do just what you said. I thought what you said made absolute sense!

Thanks!

@Tom Ott hey, I wanted to know if you have little bit of free time could talk to about some of your experiences ?