New Member out of Sacramento, CA

[Jay Willems]

Good Evening,

My name is Jay. I serve full time as a Staff Sergeant in the US Air Force. I enjoy many aspects of the military but periodically imagine whether or not I could make a decent living to support my family working for myself on my own terms, which is probably why I'm drawn to real estate.

Neither my wife nor I have ever owned any property. Our current plan is to save enough for closing costs on a home for ourselves to live in. We hadn't seriously discussed real estate investing at all until just a couple days ago when I found biggerpockets.com. Since then I have become very interested in learning the various ways real people earn real money dealing with properties. I am a skeptical penny-pincher by nature, and imagine the market in California may offer its own unique set of challenges in real estate.

If I have to choose which types of investing interest me so far, they would be buy and hold, and possibly rehabbing. I am also intrigued by the success stories I've read about mobile homes (maybe because the admission fee is lower than "normal" properties), but I know absolutely nothing about those.

-Jay

[J. Martin]

Welcome Jay. There are a lot of super helpful people and great advice on this site! I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it! A lot of others doing flips, wholesaling, notes, everything.. A few tips..

You can tag people by typing @ before you type their name, then clicking their name when it pops up at the bottom of the message box. You can click on the ‘vote’ button if you like someone's post or is helpful, and there are ‘awards’ to earn on your profile. The "Learn" link across the top navigation bar has lots of great info, and most importantly, the BP members! Welcome to BP, and good luck on your investments!