Newbie from Vancouver Washington

[Caleb Sandfort]

Hi

My name is Caleb Sandfort and I am a 33 year old software developer from Vancouver Washington.  I've been interested in real estate investing since college, but have always been too scared to actually take the plunge. 

I recently received a small inheritance and have decided that I am finally going to stop being scared and get involved in real estate investing.  I am currently in the learning phase and am reading Brandon Turner's book on rental properties, with his no money down book up next in the queue, and plan to start engaging in the forums here to build my knowledge.

Right now I am thinking the area I will focus in is rental properties, although this could change as I learn more about real estate investing.  My goal is to produce secondary income to my day job and to be in a position within 10-15 years to not need to work if I so desire.

I am also interested to see if I will be able to use my skills as a software developer as an asset. Whether it be in creating a website to manage my properties, finding/analyzing investment opportunities, or some other as of yet unknown solution to a problem. If you have any ideas or problems you've come across that you think could be solved by software please let me know; I always enjoy a good side project.

To wrap it up, I am excited to be joining the BiggerPockets community and am looking forward to learning lots of useful information and hopefully making some worthwhile connections and friends along the way.

Cheers

Caleb