Hello from Tempe, AZ!

[Kenny Dahill]

Hello,

My name is Kenny and I am from Tempe, Arizona. I am a 29 year old professional who works in construction and has a passion for real estate. Currently I work for a national developer on the construction team as a Senior Project Engineer, my project right now is the largest Class A (office) in our states history. 

My ultimate goal is to combine both real estate and construction in a national corporation. Although this may sound like a big goal I have a vision for its development and growth.  The first step is residential properties that will be used as rentals. I don't want to bore you all but if you're interested message me and I'd love to share. 

How I got interested in real estate: when I was in high school my father took me along to look at several new potential offices for his company. It was that day I learned that real estate companies could own multiple buildings and it wasn't the tenant company themselves. From that moment on I knew I wanted to own real estate.  I'm currently working on getting my real estate license and then next step would be my general contractors license. 

Skip ahead to 2010 when I purchased my first home. At the time I was making less than $40K per year but wanted to take advantage of the recession. I purchased a foreclosure that needed renovations do $123K. I put 5% down and invested approximately $20K in renovations by cashing in my 401K and earning more business through my small side gig working as a consultant with marching bands.  To save money and having always liked construction I decided to do majority of the work myself. I had limited experience but I learned A LOT that summers  

Unfortunately during renovations all my tools were stolen. Since then I've slowly expanded my tool collection by trading work for tools.  Since my home I've continued to sharpen my skills looking for my next project. In August I decided to refi cash out from my equity with the intentions of purchasing new properties. 

Right now I have been looking for potential buy-and-hold rentals. While I do love working with my tools I'm taking the long view of cash flow. Since October 2014 I have been looking for properties. My initial goal was multi-family. I don't want turn key property and if I can find a property undervalued that I could put sweat equity that would be ideal. There have been a few properties I've backed out on my offer because of zoning or repair costs. It has been a long process to purchase my first rental but the search continues!

My top 5 strengths are: Ideation, Strategic, Positivity, WOO, Futuristic

Sorry about the long posts! I've listened to the podcasts for a long time and finally decided to join the community. Thanks for having me!

Kenny