New Guy from Rockford, IL area

[Kyle N.]

Hello BP!  My name is Kyle Nott and I'm a budding real estate investor from Freeport, IL, but am looking to continue my investing career in the Rockford area.  I currently have 1 single family home in Freeport, and I bought 4 fourplexes in Novermber of last year, and like the rest of us, always looking for the next deal!  I have a full time job and I'm looking to grow my real estate business (buy and hold) to be able to provide positive cash flow greater than what I make at work, then I will know retirement will be possible without relying on 401(k) which just gets drained after retirement.  I've always been looking for a steady cash flow in retirement, something where I'm not depleting my reserves.  I can't think of anything better than buy and hold RE investing to get there!  for some reason, I can't get a profile picture to load, but I'm working on it. 

My full time job is in heavy/highway bridge construction, and I drive to different job sites all day long, and while I'm not on the phone, I would listen to audible.com books (mostly on RE investing).  Then I came across "How to buy RE with no/low money down" when I got introduced to this great site.  Since then, I've not listened to a book in a month, but instead I'm addicted to the podcasts!  I started from the top, and am working my way back to the beginning, and I think I'm on show 71 now!

Anyway, I'm glad to be a part of this community and I look forward to interacting with all of you!

Kyle