New to BP from Norman, OK

[Ryan McNeill]

Hey guys,

My name is Ryan.  My wife and I relocated to Norman, OK from Los Angeles in the past year to be closer to my family.  Although my day job is that I'm a freelance videographer/director (www.ryanmcneill.com), I have been trying to educate myself as much as possible on real estate investing.  We purchased our first property earlier this year, a 4-plex near the University of Oklahoma campus, where we live in one of the units and rent out the other 3.  It has been a fantastic experience so far (probably because we've been fortunate enough to rent to responsible grad students).

Here is a before/after of that first project:

Coming from Los Angeles, the only properties there that seemed even remotely affordable were multi-families where we would live in one unit and rent the others. Although we never purchased in Southern California, this mindset really turned me on to pursuing multi-family properties for my portfolio. I'm really interested in purchasing more multi-families and eventually apartment buildings. Now that we're in a more affordable Oklahoma market, that dream feels a bit more attainable.

This forum and the BP podcast has already proven to be super educational.  Excited to learn more from everyone here!