New Member From Pittsburgh, PA

[Travis Wilkins]

Hi all, my name is Travis Wilkins and I am a noob from Pittsburgh, PA looking to get involved in real estate investing! I found an interest in real estate several months ago and decided to visit the site after stumbling upon the Bigger Pockets Podcast. Ever since then, I’ve been hooked. I don’t have any experience in real estate, but I have a degree in economics and can see that investing in real estate would be a great path towards financial independence.

I’ve been doing all of the research that I can in order to put together a plan to truly get started in the next 24 months. As of now, my primary interest is in buy and hold properties, but I hope to learn as much as I can about the other areas as well over time.

I'm currently looking to join a good meetup or an REI club in the area. If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to send me a message. Thanks for having me!

[Anthony Angotti]

@Travis Wilkins Welcome to BP! Once you have the money and willpower to do it getting started is the most important part. Plenty to learn, but you'll never learn everything!

Pittsburgh REIA is fantastic and @Josh Caldwell has it so that your first meeting is free. The group has a lot of subgroups for specific types of investing and areas of the city. @Alex Deacon has workshops for new investors and I think one is coming up on February 10th. I can send you the invite so that you can put it on your calendar if you'd like. Just PM me where to send it to and I'll do that. 

ACRE is good as well and they have a lot of events that you can register for if you check them out online. 

If you look around there are plenty of smaller groups that are great to meet people. 

So lots of resources.