New Member Joining BiggerPockets

[Ethan Slater]

Hello everyone on BiggerPockets! I am excited to introduce myself as I continue to learn about the world of real estate investing. 

I am currently serving in the United States Air Force, so as a military member, I will be moving around during my career. I am looking to learn and grow from different perspectives in the real estate investing space. As I continue to gain more knowledge, I am intrigued by the opportunities that real estate investing can afford while on active duty. 

Experience: Beginner in real estate investing
Goals: My primary goal is to learn more about real estate investing opportunities. I desire to connect with individuals who have had experience investing in real estate while serving in the military on active duty. At this stage, I am interested in house hacking, short-term rentals, and residential assisted living (though I hope to continue to learn more about other opportunities as well).

I appreciate this community and the opportunity to learn from others. I am excited to get to know other investors, as I continue to grow in my knowledge and skills in real estate investing.

[Ethan Slater]

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Hello everyone on BiggerPockets! I am excited to introduce myself as I continue to learn about the world of real estate investing. 

I am currently serving in the United States Air Force, so as a military member, I will be moving around during my career. I am looking to learn and grow from different perspectives in the real estate investing space. As I continue to gain more knowledge, I am intrigued by the opportunities that real estate investing can afford while on active duty. 

Experience: Beginner in real estate investing
Goals: My primary goal is to learn more about real estate investing opportunities. I desire to connect with individuals who have had experience investing in real estate while serving in the military on active duty. At this stage, I am interested in house hacking, short-term rentals, and residential assisted living (though I hope to continue to learn more about other opportunities as well).

I appreciate this community and the opportunity to learn from others. I am excited to get to know other investors, as I continue to grow in my knowledge and skills in real estate investing.

 Hey @Ethan Slater! I'm an Air Force vet and reservist that got my start investing in real estate part time and eventually swapped to full time! I also run a mastermind on residential assisted living. Done multifamily, SFR, STRs... and finally found the niche that I love the most and believe has the most potential for decades to come. If I can help at all, let me know!

 I have just started listening to "Physicians and Properties" by Dr. Alex Schloe (an active duty Air Force physician), and he has definitely turned me on to investing in residential assisted living! He has talked about some of the deals he and his partners have recently completed, and they sound like awesome opportunities. The combination that this niche offers first-class care to those that need it most and the potential for it to become profitable for many years to come definitely has me interested in learning more about opportunities investing in RAL.

We are renting in our current assignment, but we will PCS in about a year and a half. I am working over these next few months to learn as much as I can to develop systems in order to analyze the next market we will move to. I hope to invest in a SFR or small multi-family unit (i.e. house hack) at our next assignment to dip my toes into real estate investing. Eventually, my goal is to continue to use this knowledge to start investing in RAL too.

 @Ethan Slater must be fate! @Alexander Schloe is my business partner and bro. He and I host the RAL Room assisted living podcast as well! Do you know where you will PCS to? Where are you currently? 

 No way, that's crazy! I am sorry that I didn't put the connection together right away. Like I said before, I have been consuming as much of his content as I can lately (I just started listening about 2 weeks ago) and am thinking of possibly even joining the RAL Room mastermind too. Dr. Schloe talks a lot about how amazing of a team he has found, so congratulations on building a group that is a win-win for everyone involved!

I am currently stationed in Minot, ND. It's unfortunate that I am just now finding out about the community and resources Dr. Alex Schloe offers because I just PCS'd from Colorado Springs in August. I would have loved to have tried to meet up with him in person (if his schedule would have allowed). I am super honored and grateful to have been selected by the Air Force to attend orthodontic residency. I will be applying to schools this upcoming summer, interviewing in the fall, and, Lord-willing, finding out late fall where I will be headed. It will most likely be a big university town in the midwest (e.g. UIowa, Indiana, UMinn, etc.). Residency will start in summer of 2026.