Hello from Portland, Oregon area

[Kari Corbin]

Just wanted to introduce myself a little more formally. I found BP late last year while searching for a way to screen tenants for our rental house and have been addicted ever since. There is such a wealth of information here!

Professionally speaking I am an accountant with 20 years of experience in construction, real estate and both commercial and residential property management. I guess my analytical nature and entrepreneurial spirit have always kept me interested in real estate investing.

My other half and I have dabbled in real estate for many years using our personal residences to either build and sell or fix and sell and have recently decided to get more serious about our end game and start investing in actual investment properties. Our short term goal is to do a couple of fix and flips a year to build capital to invest in buy and hold SFR's and small multi families. Our long term goal is to build a portfolio of rentals to provide income to retire in a little over 20 years. All while working in our respective careers. :)

I look forward to making connections here in our local Portland metro area and building long term relationships with other investors, wholesalers, mentors and private lenders.

Last but certainly not least, I want to give a huge shout out to Bigger Pockets for the amazing job on this site and the BP Podcasts. I have spent many hours over the last few months listening to podcasts and reading forums and blogs. It is such an amazing resource and I am so glad I stumbled across it! Thank you Josh and Brandon for all your efforts!