New Investor from San Francisco, California

[Christopher S.]

Hi Bigger Pockets!

My name is Chris, and I'm brand new to the real estate investing landscape. I found my way to the site through a handful of bloggers in the financial independence/early retirement community. I've been listening to the BP Podcast on my commute for the past few weeks and have managed to learn a good deal already-- There's quite an impressive community and wealth of information here!

Coming from the FI motivation, I'm looking for a way to build enough semi-passive income over the next few years to cover my living expenses, and I'm currently hoping to accomplish this by assembling a buy-and-hold portfolio of single and small multifamily rentals. While I'm open to local opportunities, the Bay Area at first glance seems a bit competitive for me with my full-time job in technology and somewhat modest amount of income earmarked for a first acquisition, and I suspect there might be clearer opportunities for solid cash flow elsewhere. I'm beginning to research out-of-state investing, mostly focusing on turnkey opportunities in larger cities in the midwest (Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati in particular), where I have a good core of friends and family.

In my free time, I enjoy outdoors activities (backpacking, rock climbing, mountaineering), international travel, language learning, and reading.

I look forward to learning a good deal here and to contributing what I can to the community!

[Jynell Berkshire]

Chris,

Welcome to the BP community! If you ever want to discuss the Indianapolis market, please fee free to contact me.

As you may have heard, great opportunities in Indy with the surplus of real estate here! Would love to hear from you.

Happy Investing!