Why REAL ESTATE, anyways??

[Tyler Jahnke]

To: The Greatest Real Estate Investing Community Ever Assembled (Biggerpockets, obviously)

Why the heck real estate? Seriously, why are we all HERE to chat, collaborate, analyze, win, lose, and learn...about real estate?

I'll start..

A few years ago, I had basic financial goals. And honestly, they weren't really thought through. I wanted to travel the world, get paid, and not work (don't we all?). I asked myself, "how could I bring in reoccuring income, without the ball and chain of a job?"

My answer: buy and hold real estate. easy.

As I sit here 3+ years later after buying my first investment property, I'm still surprised that I still LOVE real estate. I love walking properties. I love looking at pictures of properties online. I love running analysis. I love trying to find that next deal. I love building business plans. I love setting myself up for a strong financial future. Most of all, I LOVE the people and friends I've met along the way. I guess all of these things are why REAL ESTATE has become such a big part of my life.

I also recognize, we all have different answers to that question. Some practical. Some logical. Some romantic. Some ego-drive.

SO I ASK YOU: WHY REAL ESTATE?

Thanks to some of the great connections I've met over the years...I'm talking about you @Ake S. @Nick James @Drew Sing @Ernesto Hernandez @Gabriel Green-Lemons @Tommy Hoang @Ben Leybovich @Jonathan James Look

-Tyler