Hello friend, newbie living in abroad in South Korea

[Brian Lacey]

Hi friend, 

I'm Brian Lacey. Born and raised in San Diego, CA. Currently living, in Yongin, South Korea.

I'm specifically looking into multifamily properties and single-family properties. Still looking for my first property, so I'm absorbing as much information as possible, preparing myself as much as I can before I get the first-hand experience, and the lessons that come with.

More importantly, I'm really looking to network, and meet people in all aspects of real estate in different markets. I take great pride in finding and connecting with mentors. Eventually, a transition into a full-time real estate career is something I see occurring down the road. Never been one to shy from hard work. Books, blogs and podcasts can only teach so much. Even firsthand experience has its limitations. Nothing quite beats a great mentor, IMO.

Happy investing, friend.

[Daniel Ryu]

Originally posted by @Brian Lacey:

Hi friend, 

I'm Brian Lacey. Born and raised in San Diego, CA. Currently living, in Yongin, South Korea.

I'm specifically looking into multifamily properties and single-family properties. Still looking for my first property, so I'm absorbing as much information as possible, preparing myself as much as I can before I get the first-hand experience, and the lessons that come with.

More importantly, I'm really looking to network, and meet people in all aspects of real estate in different markets. I take great pride in finding and connecting with mentors. Eventually, a transition into a full-time real estate career is something I see occurring down the road. Never been one to shy from hard work. Books, blogs and podcasts can only teach so much. Even firsthand experience has its limitations. Nothing quite beats a great mentor, IMO.

Happy investing, friend.

Hi Brian!

Welcome to BP. You're in luck too.. ^^ We have a fairly active group of real estate investors living in Korea focused on investing in Korea, the US and the world. 

We started up the group last year as a few of us met through BP. We now have over +300 members ^^ We've also had active BP bloggers like @Brandon Turner & even @Joshua Dorkin, CEO of BP, attend out meetups as virtual guests.

We meet about once a month in Seoul. We also host 'Cash Flow Game Days' - the Robert Kiyosaki Game and have Happy Hours, Field Trips, etc.

Anyways, my own story - last year I purchased a SFR after networking on BP and doing my own research for about 6 months.

I wrote about how I selected a market in this BP Blog Post that I wrote:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/6526/blog_post...

Our next meetup is going to be on Oct 17, Seoul, Gangnam. 

If you're interested in finding out more about that, feel free to reach out to me.

Welcome to BP! It's been an awesome resource for me and I'm sure you'll find the same thing.