Paul Centrone from Astoria (Queens), NYC

[Paul Centrone]

I'm a beginner real estate investor, as well as an artist, writer, and cartoonist!  I work as a legal secretary and want to support my "art habit" (as well as my retirement) by holding onto rental properties, and probably living in one of them in a few years.  My plan is to invest in Kingston, NY (Ulster County), which is part of the Hudson Valley, which once inspired an entire school of painters!  I have family there, another motive for a possible move.  The Kingston city planners are trying to develop the place as  somewhere other artists want to live.  Like most of upstate New York, it is economically depressed, but the prices of houses there are often so low it's tempting to just jump in and buy one.

Thanks for being on the website.  I hope this will be a great journey!

Paul