New Member Introduction

[Sam Poland]

Hi everyone,

My name is Sam, and I'm curious if anyone has had a similar experience to ours. I lived in New England for most of my life until two years ago when I moved with my wife and my now 6 and 7 year old children to Taiwan to teach at an American School here. We own a house in Massachusetts that is making great money from rent and gives us something like 400k in equity (we bought in 2013 and refinanced in 2021). We are curious about investing from here for things like helping with early retirement in 15 years or so and our kids college education. We don't need the cash flow right now, and we are probably a year away from having 100k in cash with which we could buy something. The things we are weighing are single vs. multi families, HELOC vs. saving for a year and trying to get something with cash, how difficult it might be to make a purchase from here, and location. I'd love to hear any thoughts, and I'm happy to be part of this community.

Thank you!

Sam