Newbie from Idaho Falls, Idaho

[David Marwil]

Hi all, I've been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast off and on for a few months now. And I've read a few real estate books now. One I really enjoyed was Building Wealth One House at a Time. As of now, I don't have any experience in the real estate arena. However, I'm looking to change that, and part of that is starting to become an active member on these here forums.

Right now I work as a web designer and developer, but I'm branching out into some blogging and thinking about some freelance graphic design.

I have a couple goals when it comes to real estate: I want to diversify from a completely stock market based investment strategy. They (being equity investors) always say to diversify and not put all your eggs in one basket, and I feel like real estate is a great way to create some actual investment diversity. And secondly, I'm looking to diversify my income. I don't want to quit my day job (yet), but I do want to have a few streams of smaller incomes, cash flow from real estate being one. So, I'm thinking my strategy will be to find single family homes, in my small-ish market, that generate small cash flow streams for the present, but build equity and worth as an investment for the future.

Thanks for reading :)

Dave