new member from St. Charles MO (St. Louis)

[Michael DeAngelo]

Hello all, i'm new at the real estate game and looking for (and finding) all the information I can. My only real experience is in homeownership and fixing up different places I have lived. I'm no expert but can do a decent job at many smaller fix-up jobs ... jack of all trades, master of none. Currently i'm a paramedic and love this profession, however i'm growing increasingly tired of working for others and want to start working towards building my future in real estate. I'm mostly interested in buy and hold and plan to start small with probably a condo. After building experience and confidence I eventually want to work up to multi-families. I want to grow this business aggressively and because of my job I have the time to do so. My biggest limiting factor will be funds I think, so i'm thinking after 6 months to a year of successful rental experience I will focus hard on securing other investment funds.