Passionate wrestler trying to make his goals a reality

[Santiago Martinez]

Okay so I am a newbie looking for his first investment.

Some background.. I live in Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh Valley) and graduated from Lehigh University last spring. I have a job with the electric company (a fortune 500 corp) that gives me the flexibility to do what I love, wrestling. I wrestle for the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club that is at the University and I am currently 2nd on the national rankings in Colombia. My goal is to be the best wrestler ever from Colombia. I've been diving into educating myself with real estate and have set up a meeting with someone from the area to start my quest. As well as called a realtor to see a few properties. 

From what I have researched, I should start with house hacking. Initially, being near college students and having that connection, i figured i would go into the student rental niche (still might be the case). 

Before I commit to this niche, I thought it would be smart to take a step back and see the goal that i want to accomplish. Which is to become financially free by the end of the year to be able to train anywhere in the world. Then a ton of questions came up!

I would love to talk to someone about my real estate plans and what are the next few steps to take.