New member in Arlington, Virginia

[Jared Dorvinen]

My name is Jared and I'm originally from Michigan. I moved to the Northern Virginia area about a year ago for work (I'm a civil engineer). My long-term goal in real estate is to build a portfolio of multi-family/mixed use rentals to supplement and eventually replace my 9-5 income. In the short term, I'd like to close my first deal within the next six months. I originally found Bigger Pockets through the personal finance blogosphere (in various interviews Paula Pant and others recommended BP to anyone interested in real estate). Since then I've been listening to podcasts and reading articles regularly and in the past month finally decided that it's time to get involved in the community and start making things happen.