New Member from the Syracuse, NY area.

[Jordan Holt]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Jordan Holt and I was born and raised in the Syracuse area. I'm in my late 20's and my wife and I are looking to purchase our first dwelling for ourselves and children.

I have gone on real estate learning binges 2 or 3 times in the past (attended a Rich Dad Poor Dad weekend seminar years ago) and even put in an offer on a 4-plex in Oswego, NY about 6 years ago. Each time I return to real estate I see the inexperience I exhibited the time before and this time I feel much more prepared and level-headed.

As I mentioned, my wife and I are looking to stop renting and purchase our first property sometime soon (we've already been to a handful of properties with our agent). We are currently looking at SF and multiple family homes. Additionally, we are trying to balance our different tastes. Her focus is on finding a decent place for the children, while I am more focused on getting the snowball rolling. Part of the fun of marriage I suppose :) .

Going forward, I would like to be able to make some side income (to start, as our funds are currently pretty limited) with real estate while we save for the next property. After perusing many of the wonderful articles / posts / blogs on the site it seems as though wholesaling might be a good direction, however I will admit to feeling a bit apprehensive about it (most likely out of not fully understanding it and being burned a bit in the past). I am pretty much open to most ideas at the moment.

So that's a bit about me. Thanks for taking the time to read it and I hope to see you all around the site!