New Member from the Seattle, WA area!

[Eli Wang]

Hello everyone!

Eli here, I'm excited to get familiar with the community and the awesome resources available here.

Quick background, I am a finance and accounting professional looking to transcend the daily grind of a salaried job; or at least supplement my income to work towards financial independence. I am interested in buy-hold and rent as I don't see real estate simply as a investment tool, but am interested in the properties themselves; and somewhere down the line would love to pick-up some great unique properties. I have gone off to a great start with the property that I live in currently, historic brick building that was almost completely refurbished in ~2008 in the middle of Capitol Hill. 

I am an absolute noob to the ins-and-outs of real estate investing; and look forward to learning a ton from everyone on BP.

If you were to ask me what the first question I would ask to a seasoned real estate investor in the Seattle area is, I would ask 'given the current inflated pricing in the Seattle market, would you say it is still a good time to acquire properties? Is this something that can be waited out? Or should new investors still invest in quality properties and feel okay paying the inflated price?'

Thanks everyone.