Newbie RE Investor from Boston, MA

[Robert Lindsley]

Hello there!

My name is Robert Lindsley and I'm a new real estate investor from the Boston, MA area.  I'm focusing mainly on the Somerville, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Everett areas just north of Boston.

For the past 30 years I've been in the video game industry, working in Production/Project Management.  Over the past year I've been doing a lot of research about real estate with the goal of spending more time with my family and having enough money to retire comfortably.  I feel I finally have enough information to jump in!

I'm focusing in two areas; fix and flip, and buy and hold properties.  The flx and flips would serve as my primary source of income and the buy and hold/rental properties are my retirement strategy.

I started back in October/November of 2015.  I randomly got an email from a guy named Josh Cantwell and he was discussing his program, 40k Flips.  I signed up and have learned some amazing fundamentals about flipping (how the math works, how to line up private funding, how to find and market properties, etc).  From there I learned about buy and hold properties, and as I've been learning I discovered Biggerpockets which is an insanely great site and community.

My network is growing -- I have a great coach, a RE agent and a terrific RE attorney. I also have a full-time VA working on analyzing deals and I'm looking at tons of places. I haven't started my first flip yet but am continuing to look. I'm also getting ready to purchase my first rental property.

I'd love to find a mentor in my area as well as make the right connections to line up private funding.

Thanks for letting me a part of the Biggerpockets community, and I'm looking forward to meeting all of you!

Thanks!
Robert.