Kiwi (New Zealander) in NYC and ready to make moves!

[Blake Elliott]

Hi Everyone,

Long time follower first time poster. Looking forward to getting to know some of you!

Almost 6 years ago my wife and I moved to the USA with the goal of getting into Real Estate, specifically multi-family investing, but we expected to start as a Real Estate Agent etc... Long story short our plan didn't work out exactly as we hoped, but everything was a blessing in disguise. We did not get involved in Real Estate as soon as we thought, it was especially tough with no network, no family or friends, not to mention immigration challenges preventing my wife from legally working for almost an entire year.

Thankfully we persevered and in the end, both my wife and I have landed some lucrative tech sales roles over the 5 years we've been here, beginning in Florida and now settled in New York City (I know, I know, who would pay so much to live here!?).

Last year we bought our first condo. I wish we had bought a multi-family property, but my wife was desparate for a place we could make home after moving every year for 5 years, we needed to put down some roots! PLUS mortgage rates were 2.8% and prices in the city were still recovering from covid so we got a great deal (150K below what it was in-contract for pre-covid).

We are finally heading home to New Zealand for our first visit in 5 years this December, but come 2023 we are ready to make some move's into the multi-family and rental property world. We would love to meet some like minded friends and potentially partners in our Real Estate vision! 

Looking forward to connecting with some genune and like minded individuals who enjoy good conversation, good wine, and good company!

Cheers,
Blake