New member introduction

[John Gillum]

Hello everyone, my name is John Gillum. I am currently a Navy recruiter stationed in Bristol, TN. I am married and have 2 young daughters. I'm extremely excited to start my investing journey here in the Tri-Cities area, northeast TN and Southwest VA.

My background is in the Nuclear engineering field. I've been a nuke tech for the Navy for 9 years now. As far as real estate, I grew up working and improving properties with my folks. Military family, lots of moves, lots of oppertunities to learn.

My downfalls are that I've never worked with a contractor. We always did the work ourselves. So I have a good idea for material cost but no idea of what contractor costs will be.

My main goal to start with is to find good deals for other investors in the area. I'm good at following specific guidelines to find what someone needs, and through the process I hope to learn more in the analysis aspect of investing.

Short term I want to flip homes to build capital to invest with. Long term, I am shooting for rentals.

All of that said, I'd be happy to hear from anyone with advice and recommendations. If you're in this area, id love to meet up and show you some deals I'm working on. And if theres a chance I could help with you system, or learn from you, please reach out. I am a hard charger and stubborn as a mule. My wife and I are in this for the long haul.

Thank you for reading!

[John Gillum]

Thank you both!