Newbie from Naples, Florida.

[Jordas Reyes]

Hello my new Bigger Pockets friends and family. My name is Jordas Reyes and I am from the Naples, FL area. I grew up in SWFL (Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, and Estero) and plan to get into the investment world in my back yard. My parents were starting to get into the investment world (3 units) around 2003-2004. When the market got to its bottom they did not make it. However going through that learning with them and helping my dad do repairs and upgrades really got me interested in this business. My mother is also a real estate agent part time (mainly helping friends and family) in the Tampa market. I attended Florida Gulf Coast University where I received my 4 year degree in Business Management in 2010 while working at Best Buy. I have been with the company now for 9 years and currently a General Manager at one of our Fort Myers location. My goal is to leverage the great income and company benefits (stocks and bonus) to start my investment career. Last year I took the Real Estate class but did not get state certified because I realize my passion was on the investment side and I have a great income to start with. So far I have purchased my first property which is the home I live in. My intentions since day one were to turn it into a rental which meant not looking for the “perfect house for my family”. That will come down the road and who knows maybe no mortgage on it. I have a beautiful fiancé and daughter which are my biggest supporters. Our short term goal is to build enough cash flow for my fiancé to not work (hospitality field in Naples) and help me manage the properties (educating her now). We want to accomplish this in the next 7 years (buy and hold). I am confident in my abilities to make this happen sooner and I am a huge numbers guy. If it does not make sense I move on. I feel like this is getting long. So in closing I am excited to meet fellow investors in and out of the Florida area. I think this is a great community in which I have been lurking for a year on and now I want to be a part of the talk. I will do my best to add value where I can and slow down to listen to your advice.