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[Justin Harford]

Greetings all

I figured it was time that I introduce myself. I have been following the forms and the podcast for sometime now, and exploring the local Zillow postings in my area and am getting ready to jump in.

I recently moved to Eugene Oregon to take my job at a local nonprofit. We support people with disabilities in their goals to participate in all sorts of international exchange including study abroad, volunteers in and internships through advice and developing online resources. It resonates with my experience studying abroad for a year in Latin America when I was in college.

At the same time, it does not come with a retirement plan so I figured that I better get started figuring it out myself.

From looking at my situation, it seems that the best place to start would be a small multi family property, most likely a duplex. I am aiming for something that produces enough cash flow that perhaps if I rent out one side, and maybe a part of the other while I live there, I might be able to achieve some sort of house Haque, Which would be great as it would enable me to continue saving at the same speed that I am now, living in a shared situation. I will try to get this with an FHA loan, since it is my first house.

I am kind of curious, for the people who are in Eugene or familiar with this area, if this is feasible still. I am interacting with a mortgage broker, who has recommended me to a realtor who he says is good at finding investment properties.

If you were trying to learn about an area, what steps would you take?

I am also curious if there might be somebody out there who knows this market, Who might be able to share some information over coffee (at my expense of course). Maybe they might even be some way that I could exchange my skills in exchange for someone's mentorship... fielding phone calls, HTML editing, Spanish fluency, social media…

And my last question is that I recall a while back there was a posting about a gathering in Portland during the first half of October, and I was curious if someone might share that info again.

Sincerely

Justin