Newish Member from Kansas City

[Angie B.]

I've been involved with real estate since 2005, and a member of bigger pockets for a year or more maybe, but just recently diving in to discover the great stuff here in the forums, podcasts, forming connections etc. And so since I had not properly introduced myself before, here we go:

Began as an Electrical Engineering Major, switched to double majoring in Mathematics & Math Education, graduated and taught high school math for a few years, started a family and stayed home. Real estate has always been a "hobby" as much as an investment- I truly find it fun and a worthwhile challenge.

My husband and I began flipping the homes we occupied (living in them for 1-1.5 years) for several years while we both worked full-time jobs, and now that we have children and I primarily stay home (and sorry hubby, I don't want to move anymore- waaaa!), we are acquiring SFH rental properties. This solved my problem of not wanting to move anymore and was another strategy to use when the market collapsed and hardly anyone was buying. We always intended to go back to flipping, but I am liking the buy & hold strategy.

I would say that investing in real estate was a tremendous help in my goal to stay home while our children are young. And it is also an outlet for me while I stay home- it gives me something to plan, analyze, revise, research, execute, re-evaluate, etc. I love the adventure of it- and it is something my husband and I enjoy doing together. Some couples like to camp, some like to run marathons, we like to buy houses. :)

Short term- total of 10 units in the next five years (we are already at 3)