Overseas --> Portland, OR Newbie Introduction

[Kyle Webb]

Good Day BP Members,

My name is Kyle. I've been a member for a couple years, but I was never the type of person to actually post anything on forum...

Josh and Brandon changed that recently. I've now listened to all 68 (as of March. 10th, 2014) of their podcasts (some of them several times) and always am encouraged from them to make a post to this community and interact, despite being a 'newbie'.

I've posted in the "Getting Started" forum a question I've been pondering and have had great responses and advice from fellow members.

I'm currently into the educational aspect of real estate investing. I'm employed overseas and have saved a decent nest egg that I am looking to use towards attaining a property that brings in passive income or scaleable gains as a fix & flip business in my home state of Oregon. Still trying to determine my ultimate REI focus ...

I'm in my late 20's, married, and thoroughly enjoy racquet sports of any kind (racquetball, tennis, badminton, etc).

I love learning and teaching; I value a strong community development where I can trust my neighbours and friends as if they are family.

I currently have no real estate experience stateside. I'm looking to expand my experience, license and skills in real estate online through BP and other sources. I'm a constant learner and spend my free time listening to BP/other podcasts and reading forums/blogs.

My real estate goals starts with forming a plan to build a scaleable business in rehabbing properties in an effort to make communities better while supporting my family. I want to use my time, sweat and capital to invest in making neighbourhoods safer, desirable and affordable without getting too far ahead of myself or inclinations as a property investor/ rehabber.

I hope that is not too much to say in my intro...

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

[Kyle Webb]

Thank you everyone for you advice and welcome! I'm exited to learn everything I can from other's experience and trials in the RE game.

@Darren Sager Thank you for the advice. I will certainly be keeping up with my keyword updates and consider upgrading to PRO or PLUS member as soon as I feel I can contribute more of my knowledge and experience to others. I love to teach as much as I love to learn...so I see myself trying to give back, when/if possible. Thanks!

@Paul Timmins Thanks for you recommendations! I've already bought and read J. Scott's books. I envision myself similar to his personality. I admire his attentiveness to detail and analytics. He is one of my huge aspirations in RE business. HUD homes are the peek of my interest, especially the cash only offerings. I will be trying to leverage a deal with cash initially. HUD homes are a great place to submit those types of bids for. Much safer than courthouse offerings IMO.

@Mehran K. Thanks for your advice. I'm only in the educational aspect of my research, primarily because I'm overseas. I cannot network in person, nor attend REIAs in my determined area of Portland.I think I have to envsion what I see myself doing with the majority of my time. More and more, I think I see myself hands on as much as possible. I know this is against most advice I get, but initially, I see late nights in my future sanding, measuring, staining, etc.... but it is all too exciting, even if that sounds mundane to others.

@Dmitriy Fomichenko I appreciate your welcoming to the site. Thank you!