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Ana Garrido
from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

posted over 3 years ago

         Hi BiggerPocketeers!

I am just a newbie planning to become a successful real estate investor through the famous Bigger Pockets-Path: Brrrr (Buy, rehab, rent, refinance & repeat). Since I found BP about 7 months ago, I have become a fervent listener of its podcasts, addict to read the forum, and also I have assisted to several local REI meetings, to be precise, the Diversified Real Estate Group (DIG), but NOT ACTION!. So I decided to jump by introducing myself.

        My short real estate experience has been abroad, in my home country Dominican Republic. There, my husband and I bought a house in blueprints that once it was built, we rented it for 2 years and recently we sold it. So, it was hold & flip strategy, right?. Now, we want to use its equity to start investing in Pennsylvania.

       Our goals are to buy 1-4 unit fix-upper residential properties in Philly and surrounding areas. As my husband is very handy and his uncle is a licensed general contractor, we plan to rehab them ourselves and then sell some of them in order to raise capital, but we have with the final goal of holding rental properties until we build a portfolio that allows us finally say “we are financially free!”.

      We are currently seeking to expand our knowledge, networking and built a powerful team that allows us to start the game.

      Hence, I am open to receive advice. Also, if someone is willing to mentor a newbie, please sign me up.

        Many thanks in advance. 

     PD: excuses for the grammar mistakes, I am still in the English learning process. 

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Andrew Kerr
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replied over 3 years ago

@Ana Garrido welcome and good luck!

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replied over 3 years ago

Hello @Ana Garrido , welcome to the site! It's great to have you here. 

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Steve Babiak
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replied over 3 years ago

Welcome to BP. Going to DIG meetings is a good thing IMO, and I suggest you find the nearest DIG subgroup meetings and make it a point to get to those regularly.

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Ana Garrido
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replied over 3 years ago

Thanks Andrew, Dave and Steve!
Steve, definitely I will become more active in the DIG, see you around!

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Dmitriy Fomichenko
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replied over 3 years ago

@Ana Garrido

Welcome to the BP family! Great that you joined the site! Here are some recommendations for you:

Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meet
Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts
Read Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing
Check out BP Podcasts: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/category/podcast/

If you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select the name of that person which should appear below the comments box. He or she will be notified of being tagged so that the conversation will continue.

Wishing you the best!

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Joseph Scorese
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replied over 3 years ago

Hi @Ana Garrido

Welcome to BP!

Hope to meet and greet at Philadelphia Real Estate Events.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Joe Scorese

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Ana Garrido
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replied over 3 years ago

@dmitriy
Thanks for your advice. I will continue listening to the podcasts and read again the guide. Regarding to post someone, it looks like the @dmitriy didn’t work with your name.

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Ana Garrido
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Hi @Joseph Scorese !

Definitely I will be requiring a meeting with you soon. Thanks for your kindness.

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