Investor/Realtor eager to learn more!

[Jonathan Gilkeson]

Hello Everyone,

I'm excited by everything that bigger pockets has to offer, and I'm happy to reciprocate with any real estate knowledge on my behalf. I'm a residential realtor in Santa Barbara, Ca where I was born raised. It took me moving away for 8 years to realize how good it was here so I moved back about 2 years ago and started working with Keller Williams and the Zia Group. I've been in the industry for 4 years, but it wasn't until I moved back to Santa Barbara where I started to see success, selling 11 homes in my first two years. Much of my success has come from traditional door knocking, hitting the pavement nearly every day. Almost 70% of my business has come through door knocking.

I didn't join bigger pockets to drum up more business, although that would be great if it did, I mainly joined because after browsing the website a couple times and reading some forums I could tell that it was a great community of like minded people that were willing to share and help each other out. I'm actually looking to invest outside of California, because the price of entry is so expensive here, and I've found that you can often get better returns elsewhere. So I'm always eager to learn more and see what kind of tips and advice we can share with each other. I've already posted a forum, but if anyone has any advice on a good city to start investing in, that can command 8-10% cap rates I would love to hear more about it.

If anyone has any questions about investing in Santa Barbara I'm happy to share my knowledge with you! Excited to learn and grow with everyone, Cheers.