New member from Los Angeles!

[Peggy Liu]

Hi everyone!

I found this site yesterday using Google search while I was searching for a real estate mentor. I came across Freedom Mentor by Phil Pustejovsky. Whether he's a scam artist or not, what I do know is that I need to start building a network to get started. I also need a mentor to help me along the way. I've been perusing the forums on and off all day, whenever I can since I do have a full-time office job. Of course, just like most people, I would like to leave this occupation and become a RE investor. Basically, if there are any mentors out there who would be interested in helping me get my feet wet and not drown in the pool of investing, I'd love to hear from him or her!

I recently went to a Dean Graziaso seminar and even though I didn't attend the entire seminar (simply because they wanted 2K to attend a 3-day course), I came out of it knowing that I would really like to research and possible delve into wholesaling.

So any comments or suggestions are welcome in where I should start here. Btw, this site is wonderful but somewhat overwhelming for a newbie like me.

Thanks!
Peggy

[Brandon Turner]

Hey Peggy L. thanks for joining BiggerPockets! This site is a really strong community of people looking to help each other out and grow together. You'll find people from all walks of life, in all stages of their investing career. It's pretty awesome.

I'd definitely begin on the "Start Here" page if you haven't yet. Also, have you decided what kind of investing you want to get into?

I see life like a trip from New York to California. You need two things: A vehicle, and a road map. Your vehicle is the thing you use to take you to financial freedom - like stocks, real estate, flipping, etc. Your map is the plan you build and follow.

So, use BiggerPockets for both. Find the vehicle you want to use (buy and hold, single family, flipping, wholesaling, etc), interact with users on the site who are involved in those, read blog posts and forums about the topics you like, get involved, and then start building your plan.

Hope that helps! Thanks for joining!