New Member from Rochester, NY

[Derek Hansen]

Hello BP!

I'm a new investor who lives in Rochester, NY and works full-time as Lead Software Engineer for a local company. My focus is buy and hold in the South Wedge and Brooks Landing neighborhoods, with a longer-term focus on providing student housing for aspiring Software Engineers.

I'll be closing on my first duplex in the South Wedge as an owner-occupied next month! I got a killer deal thanks to the help of @Mark Updegraff, who's been invaluable in starting my REI business and assembling a team of professionals that is a pleasure to work with.

As someone who is very driven and loves to self-teach, real estate provides a great medium for investment while not detracting from my day job. I plan on purchasing at least 30 units over the next 8 years, and at that point transitioning to discounted notes if I wish to be more passive.

I've listened to all the podcasts and read just about every post in the last couple years, and look forward to networking and continuing to learn from the great community here on BP.

[Derek Hansen]

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

@Joel Owens Will do!

@Dave Savage FFREIA caught my interest before. Life is calming down in Feb and I'll try to make it out to a meeting! Does FFREIA belong to any larger associations? The flagship product at the company I work for is Nimble AMS, an Association Management System. Easily the best one in the world in my opinion ;) haha

@Brandon Turner I'll be jumping in for sure. I work in the cloud applications field and used to be a front-end developer, so if you ever need a second opinion on something for the site feel free to reach out!