Newb in Eastern Panhandle, West Virginia ::: WV

[Andrew Kwiatkowski]

Good Morning, all.

After several months of weekly podcasts, blog & forum articles, and the Bigger Pockets eBooks, I'm introducing myself. Originally from Milwaukee, WI (and very interested in investing there), I currently live in Shepherdstown, WV. My day job is a SQL/database programmer at a small IT company in Germantown, MD (about an hour each way, in good traffic). I've been married for 8 years, and have an 8-month old son. I'm a huge book wonk, and enjoy swimming, the outdoors in general, home brewing, travel, and cooking/bbq.

My goals, to start, at least:

1. Never stop learning
2. Network - Partner - Develop relationships in the area
3. Income - Income - Income
4. Developing systems and working on time management
5. Rehab jobs on the side to add to the ability to produce #3
6. "Retire" from my day job by 40

I'm also quite interested in personal finance topics, as well as harnessing the power of technology and data to make quick decisions; although I generally abhor black boxes.

As I mentioned above, in respect to location, I'm certainly interested in investing in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia (Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, etc.)... Western Maryland (Hagerstown), and perhaps Baltimore and parts of DC metro. I also have most of my family in Milwaukee, so I'm always looking for deals back home.

Happy Friday! I'm very glad to be here and hope to help anybody that I can. Please don't hesitate to reach out.