New Member from east central Illinois

[Randy Ferguson]

Hello,

Finally getting around to making my first post. My name is Randy Ferguson. I have been married to my wife, Michelle for almost 25 years. We have two children, a son 22 and a daughter 17. I have been a self-employed sheet metal shaper/coachbuilder since 2004.

My mother is a Realtor/Broker GRI, CRS, ABR. My dad recently retired after 37 years as a self-employed Plumbing, HVAC and Electrical contractor. And my step-dad is a former plastering/drywall contractor, currently employed at Lowe's Home Improvement.

I spent 8 years working for my dad after high school, going through the apprenticeship program to attain my Illinois Plumber license, learned the HVAC and electrical trades as well. I then spent 6 years painting cars at a local collision repair shop. I'm now working toward an Associates Degree in Process Technology. Perhaps one of these days I'll figure out what I want to do when I grow up.

I know next to nothing about real estate investing. I found BP following a google search that directed me to Brandon's website, realestateinyourtwenties.com

A link from that site and Brandon talking it up encouraged me to check it out. I've been enjoying the podcasts and reading a few of the blogs. Also been reading a few books. I just finished Rich Dad Poor Dad last night.

As I mentioned in the subject line, I'm from east-central Illinois, Robinson, to be exact. Robinson is a small farming community with a few industries. Marathon Petroleum has a refinery here, Hershey Chocolate produces several of their goodies here, the Payday, Whoppers, Sixlets, Milk Duds, Heath (which originated here) along with a few others.

My real estate interest is in Southwestern Indiana, around the Evansville, IN. area.

I look forward to learning from all you smart investors out there and hope to purchase our first investment property in 2014.