Newb from St.Marys County,Maryland

[James Barnes]

Hello all,

My name is James Barnes. I am new to biggerpockets.com and am eager to learn and to start building my REI team for future projects. Some backround on myself, I'm 25, have 2 kids, a wonderful wife, and a pretty "stable" career as a Firefighter with the government.

Rewind 2 months ago, I started thinking to myself, "Man,there has to be more to life than living paycheck to paycheck". I started researching finance related materials and I came across Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Since then it has been a non-stop read-a-thon(investing for dummies, TP entrepreneur, ABC's of Real Estate, REI for dummies). The information is...endless!

I refuse to be in the "rat race" for the rest of my life! I've started my journey to obtain financial freedom, hopefully through REI.

I'm going to need lots of help so anyone wishing to help a new, eager REI, PLEASE follow me or contact me and I will be glad to pick your brain. If your local we can meet up and have a nice professional dinner and talk business.

I apologize if this was long but I felt I needed to give some backround on my self. I'll end it with writing my goal down that way I am atleast held accountable in some form.

"I will turn my current residential property into a rental property that nets $2500 in income annually. This means that I will need to invest in a new REI(residential property) at a great deal. My family and I will move into the new, hopefully habitable investment, and I will give myself a 1 year time frame to make repairs so we can move onto the next investment"

The goal is subject to change once I start hitting milestones and if I accomplish this earlier than my selected time frame.

Thanks for reading and feel free to critique my goals or thoughts,

James Barnes