New Member from Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti Michigan

[Jacob R. McLouth]

Hello Bigger Pockets Network!  

I have been listening to Bigger Pockets Podcast for a while now and I am just exploring the website. I am currently living in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area here in Michigan. My wife Veronica and I are looking to get into Real Estate Investing. I have been reading a number of books on RE investing especially with regards to buy and hold. My wife and I plan to do our first deal this summer and are at the point where we realize we need to take the next step from purely learning about Real Estate to starting to think of ourselves as a professional company that will invest in Real Estate. We will buy our first home in Ypsilanti or Ann Arbor Michigan (most likely Ypsilanti) and we would like to buy a 2-4 unit property in which we would occupy one of the units. I am starting to look into pre-forclosure, foreclosure, REO investing, and also non-traditional financing to be able to purchase these properties.

I look forward to interacting and learning from Bigger Pockets.

Jake M.