New to BP, new to investing...Checking in from Terre Haute IN

[Alan K Auman]

Hello BP community! I'm an aspiring investor with an eye towards buy and hold rental properties. Real estate is always something I've been interested in but just never really knew how I wanted to go about getting involved. In my early 20's I thought long and hard about getting a real estate license but then life got in the way and kids came along. I ended up finding a really good paying job but real estate was always in the back of my mind. Now that things have settled down a bit at home with the kids getting older I finally feel like now would be a good time to jump in. 

Currently I'm what you could call an "accidental landlord" in that I'm currently renting out the first home I bought for me and my family. It wasn't a complete "accident" though as I thought doing so would provide me a bit of experience about what being a landlord is all about. For that reason I decided to rent my first home instead of sell it. 

Looking forward I hope to be a successful investor by way of buying and holding rental properties. My goal is to buy at least 10 properties over the course of the next 10yrs though quicker would be even better. I'm grateful to have found this wonderful community and look forward to learning from so many of you other experienced investors. By the way I'm located in Terre Haute IN so if there's any other folks from around here let me know!