Aloha all! My name is Scotland Ray Smith and I'm a newbie to the Bigger Pockets community! If you couldn't tell from my intro I am from the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii residing in Honolulu. I hope to be able to meet other new and seasoned investors , both local and statewide! I'm a avid podcast listener but I'm still trying to get used to the BP site! Any tips on using the site would be greatly appreciated! Mahal Nui- Scotland Ray Smith

@Scotland Ray Smith Welcome to BP!

@Scotland Ray Smith welcome. Let me know what you need help on.

@Harjeet Bhatti Thank you ! I'm happy to be apart of the BP community!

@Lane Kawaoka Mahlo Nui Lane! I'm very interested in the buy and hold strategy and look to start investing in the near future. If you don mind could we PM to discuss more , It'd be greatly appreciated!

Mahalo Nui- Scotland at Smith

@Scotland Ray Smith Where are you looking to invest in?

Aloha Duc! Right now I'm looking to do some buy and hold investing mainly in small multifamily units then move on to bigger projects in the future. Because I'm still fairly new I plan on investing in multifamily units after my first few deals so I can get a feel for how everything works. To start I was looking into SFs and or Condos, typically in the Metro Area.

Hey Scot!

I too live on the windward side of the island. I too just joined last week and am looking to invest. Good to know that there are other locals doing this! 

@Duc Ong

Welcome to the site
If your interested in some investment properties up to 400k in California ( in the Bay Area of San Francisco)
Let me know
There’s plenty of these outside of the city the investors are not aware of.

Feel free to call me

Noa.

@Justyn Kaka Aloha ! Definitely good to hear that other people here are making moves! Anytime you want to chat or meet to discuss REI I'm in!

Best, Scotland Ray Smith

@Noa Bloch Aloha ! Thank You, I'm very excited to be apart of BP. Thank you so much .Are there any specific areas you could fill me in on? I'll take a look into it:)

Mahalo, Scotland Ray Smith

Eh Howzit @Scotland Ray Smith ! Welcome to BP! Always nice connecting with fellow investors from my homeland! I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii but now live in the Bay Area. All my investments are in the Bay Area and I primarily focus on commercial multi-family properties. However, I am interested in buy and hold and plan to invest back home in Hawaii. Like you, I am interested in Condos in the Metro Area. I plan to use this as my vacation home when I'm back on the islands and would like to rent it out, possibly Airbnb, when I'm away.

Would love to connect with you and other people in Hawaii already doing this strategy!

Mahalo!

@Scotland Ray Smith welcome to BiggerPockets!

BiggerPockets is the ultimate learning center for real estate investment.

At BP, not only can you network with other real estate investors, you can learn from the informative forums posted daily on the site, find properties that are for sale, and take free courses.

You have come the right place, Scotland, and I wish you the best of luck in your REI career!

@Sherwin Gonzales Howzit \m/ !! Thanks I'm very happy to be here, I'm glad to hear there investors on BP from my hometown! If you don't mind me asking what type of MF property do you hold right now? As for the Condo buy and hold strategy, pm me, I'd like to discuss this topic with you! 

Mahalo Nui,

Scotland Ray Smith

@Jack Butala Thanks a lot! This is definitely the place to be! So much information! Free information at that! Thank you for your kind words, best of luck to you too!

Scotland Ray Smith

@Scotland Ray Smith

Welcome to the BP family! Good to have you here! 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/

Wishing you the best!

Hey! I just left there in Dec- stationed there for 3.5 years.
The real estate investors group there at the meeting were encouraging people to invest in Illinois- weird. But there are local investors in Hawaii- Jordan sunshine is there