Looking for mentor in Columbus OH area

[Ross Gill]

I'm fully committed to transitioning out of my W2 job and becoming a full time real estate investor within 3 years. I'm looking for an experienced investor to help me get my career started on the right foot. Will commit whatever I can to make this a win-win situation for both parties. 

[Philip Cutting]

Welcome to Bigger pockets @Ross Gill 

If I could offer some advice.  First impressions are really important, and so is rapport building.  When your first request to a community is for marriage (looking for a mentor) it's pretty serious.  So your actions and your request do not match up.  You state that you are fully committed, but you don't even have your profile set up and you haven't made any interaction with the community. 

1) Make your profile 100% complete.

2) Interact with the community some.  Search forums/blogs for quitting your w2 job.  Thank people that wrote content that really helped/inspired you and get involved in the discussion and ask questions.  

3) Read the free guides and listen to/watch the podcasts.

4) Then contact some local guys and have coffee or something.

5) Start a blog here about your journey of becoming an investor.  Don't be shy to write down your fears, your goals and your plan. Look up business plans and make one, and post it in your blog.  People love to help someone with a vision. I see that you've had one rental and are ready to move on to multiuntis, but I can't get interested in that because I don't know anything about that one rental.  Talk more about it in your blog.

I'll toss out a couple names, and hopefully they won't be insulted that I did, but after you do the first 4 steps, maybe contact them and ask if you can take them out for lunch and then ask if you can do some work for them.

@Steve Baldwin , an investor and realtor.  

@Peter Lohmann, an investor and property manager.

Even if you don't find a "Mentor", you can learn everything you need to learn here.  It'll be easier to find a mentor once you start taking some actions that show how serious you are.

PS: If you are serious, consider becoming a RE Agent.  In columbus that classes are very accessible and affordable.  Talk to the above guys about it.