New to Bigger Pockets (Southern California)

[John K.]

Hey BP community, I'm John and I'm new here.  I've been actually skimming your forums for a year or so now so I'm not totally new.  

I'm here because:

1.) Of people like you, who I would like to connect with.

2.) My wife reads all of your discussions faithfully and gets so excited about all the things you guys talk about here.  Nothing works like wife word of mouth.

3.) Recently we've just moved to So. California and decided we're going to begin getting our feet wet.  This was actually the trigger.

A little bit about me, I'm a 29-year old int. marketing and lead generation specialist originally from Chicago.  Sometimes at night I moonlight as a non-profit comedian.  

Great to meet you,

John

[John K.]

First, I must thank all of you for such a warm welcome.  I'm honored to be a part of such a proactive community.  Also happy to see a lot of this is going on in my new state of residence.

@Elizabeth Colegrove  Thank you for taking your time to explain how to use this platform effectively. My wife and I are like you and your husband before you got started.  I learned a lot just from your post and am also following your blog.  I'll definitely be asking you a question or two at some point.

@Dmitriy Fomichenko   You are the man.  Greatly appreciated.  I may have questions for you at some point but I will read all of your posts first.

@Lumi Ispas It took me 10 tries to tag your name.  I finally got it.  Anyway, I've got multiple goals but my immediate goal is to "bird-dog" and wholesale.  To bring opportunities to the right people.  After I'm confident I want to buy and hold in some places, and flip in other places.  I'm starting small. 

@James Wise Thanks James!

@Ron Drake I'm in "the #1 most pleasant place in the US", just like you :).  My goal is to be like you.  

@Vince Beusan  Thanks Vince! 

@Ali Boone  You have a cool name! I'm not really a comedian I just tell a lot of bad jokes to whoever will listen.  Mostly just my wife and daughter.  Hence non-profit.  That was one of them.

@Jon Huber I appreciate it, Jon.  I want to copy your occupation list.

Thanks to all of you!