New Member from Richmond, VA

[Seth Brown]

My name is Seth Brown, I am a 23-year-old recent college grad. My wife and I moved to Richmond and got married within 3 months of graduating from our respective colleges in spring of 2014. Jackie has a very stable job as an analyst at the Carmax headquarters however the Richmond job market has been tough for me since my degree is in Ecology. So I recently began learning about real estate and am very interested in learning more about multifamily homes and "house hacking." We are looking for our first house and I think that using an FHA loan to secure a multifamily home would be a very wise financial strategy for us. Any advice or knowledge is greatly welcome!!

[Mark W.]

If you stick around and keep posting on BP, you will get an endless stream of people saying, "I wish I would have started right after college".  I have been investing for 10+ years and now have over 40 properties.  The 1st couple of years were definitely difficult, like drinking through a fire hose.  There is a lot information to take in, but it will been well worth.   Several of my properties I house hacked and I believe it is the best way to get started.  One of the things you have going for you is the support system you can find here at BP.  When I was starting out, I didn't have anything like BP and everyone I talked to about real estate investing told me I was crazy and would loss tons of money or worse (I was absolutely not asking the right people).  Getting into real estate was one of the best decisions I have made in my life and, I believe, has helped to make me a better person.