Young Newbie from Jacksonville, FL

[Robert Peeples]

Hello BP!

I'm Robert, from Jacksonville FL. A little about me: Young, recently married as of March 28th, college educated, working full time in financial services,  and a brand new homeowner as of August 28th.

Why I joined BP: Investing interests me, particularly in real-estate. I've had this interest long before recently building my first home. But going through the process of building our first home only ignited my interest. I would love to start flipping houses. However, I face a dilemma. At the moment I have no disposable income and no cash to invest with.

To the point: I recently browsed success stories on BP to find someone in a similar situation as myself who has managed to see success, but I don't think I looked far and wide enough.... I would love to hear from others who are like me, or who have started from "the bottom" and worked their way into a successful venture of house-flipping/real-estate investing.

Thanks!

[Elizabeth Colegrove]

Welcome to Biggerpocket!

This is a great place to grow and learn. My husband and I are buy and hold investors. We got started at 23 and 24 through buying a primary and later renting it out when we transfered. We didn't have alot of money to start with but learned to live on one income and save the other. This second income was our investment. Over time we started to have more to invest.

We invest for the long term as our goals are for early retirement with a military mention.  Alot of our friends have rented out rooms allow other people to pay of their mortgage while they qualified for a personal.

Definitly check out the blogs,podcast and forums. Another great source of information is individual blogs found in peoples signatures. My blog/website is about long distance self management, landlording, investing in class A investments, investing in a transient lifestyle, etc.

We got started young and have found babysteps and one day at a time to be key :) Welcome again, and I look forward to seeing you around.