New Member - Live in St. Louis, investing in Ohio

[David Hayes]

Hello BP community. My name is David Hayes, my day job is currently Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager for Procter & Gamble and I'm moonlighting as a real estate investor (and photographer...but that's another conversation).

I started in real estate by converting my personal residence in Cincinnati to an investment rental property when I got relocated with P&G to St. Louis at the end of 2009. In 2012, I partnered with my brother, @Brian Hayes, to form Hayes Enterprises, LLC in Columbus Ohio. As of April 2014, we are working to sell our first flip and we are still managing 3 additional rental properties.

Our general goal is continue flipping while building our rental portfolio.

I hope to also be a contributor to the site - with a few transactions under our belt we are not brand new, but definitely still learning the ropes. If you have questions about the Columbus market, fee simple townhouses, hard money lenders or forming an LLC to name a few topics, I would be glad to throw in my 2 cents from what we've learned so far, or if you are looking to buy a new digital camera I would be glad to point you in the right direction - Nikon of course ;)

I've been listening to the podcasts and reading various articles/forums and definitely believe this is a great community and I am looking forward to being a small part of it.