Hi from Kirkland, WA

[Gerald K.]

Hello, Gerald here from Kirkland, WA. I've actually been on and off the site for about a year now and have read the beginner's guide and searched through the site many times to find answers, post questions, but never formally introduced myself until now, so here I go... I have a full time job but have been slowly acquiring lower cost SFH rentals in better neighborhoods with good school districts over the past few years. There's so much great information on this site I wish I had found it a year before I started. Probably just like many of you, after listening to the Podcasts, I feel like I know Josh and Brandon. My wife and I are mostly buy and hold real estate investors and we have been mostly doing it all on our own - fixing them up, renting them out, and managing them. While we've learned a ton in the process, I'm sure we could have moved forward a lot faster had we reached out to others before now. When we first started out, we joined WLA - Washington Landlord Association, where we learned a lot. We recently joined REAPS - the local REIA in our area and we're looking forward to building our network with others there and on BP. We would like to continue accumulating as many rentals as possible so eventually we will be free to travel and do the things we like. We plan on attending the WLA winter conference Dec 7th, so maybe we'll see some of you there.