Hi from Union, NJ

[Keisha Barnes]

Hi,

I just thought it was time to finally say hello to the Josh, Jon, & the rest of the BP community. I found this site in 3/2010, joined in 4/2010, and just reading....and reading....and reading! This site has been a great asset to me and my partner. We are RE Investing newbies. Although I studied the industry from an investing POV for years, I just never pulled the trigger.

Because of BP, we:

- Joined a local REIA for networking w/ local contacts. (The founder of this REIA actually found us thru BP & invited us out. It was great! How's that for marketing & networking on their part??)
- Decided some short-term & long-term strategies to concentrate on, Wholesaling, REOs, preforeclosures, probates, maybe some buy & holds for passive income then maybe the wonderful world of note-discounting.
- Written a mini-marketing plan and started a direct mail marketing campaign.
- Business cards and domain name although website has not been created.
- Made a couple of great new friends that I communicate with regularly.

Now we are paying for some state-specific investing education because we are not adverse to it but thanks to the BP community I know what we DO NOT need to pay for.
:lol:

I know we have more details to lock down & more hard work to do. But we intend to have a little fun while doing so. :wink:

Thanks BP for all of your help!