Ready to learn from Grand Rapids, MI

[Matt Gehrls]

Greetings BP,

Long time listener (to the podcast), and been a member for a little bit but I haven't really been involved on the site yet.

I have my degree in Music Education and will hopefully be getting a good High School Choir teacher position for the next school year. Right now, I'm just working jobs to save money for a down payment and living in Chicago with my long term girlfriend.

We are moving back to Grand Rapids this summer and the plan is to start investing when we get there. We want to buy a multifamily house and live in one of the units, hopefully for free; minus the time I spend landlording.

I've read the biggerpockets books and two other books recommended by people on the site, and I've listened to about 70 hours of the BP podcast so I feel like I have a decent handle on how to run the numbers and know some of the pitfalls. I've started looking at deals just to practice the numbers and play with different ideas.

That's pretty much where I am. Anyone in Southwest Michigan: Kalamazoo, Battle Creek areas that want to say hi, you are welcome. 

Have a good day!

[Damian Smith]

Hello Matt! I am newer to the site as well and live in the Battle Creek area. My wife and I have had Single family rentals for about 10 yrs now and we are looking to step our game up by adding to our portfolio and we want to do fix and flips as well. Nice to see you on here, good luck on your job search and investing ventures.