New BP member from Los Angeles!

[Calvin Clark]

Greeting BP community!

My name is Calvin Clark, and i'm an Electrical Engineer originally from the tiny island of Guam. I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to finish my degree and now work for the local power company in beautiful downtown Burbank, CA (home of Jay Leno's 3-hangar car collection). 

I've been listening to the BP podcast for almost a year now and i'm finally diving into the forums to connect with other community members. My fiancée, Adriana, and I have been doing all kinds of research on how to get started, and we decided investing out of state would be our first goal. California is just not feasible for us right now. We're excited to say that we are getting prepared to make our first deal in Dallas, TX in the next couple months. We're heading out to visit and absorb the city, meet with some potential property managers, contractors, and brokers that will form our team for the future. It's a little nerve racking, but we know there's no better education than just getting started. 

We hope to reach our freedom number as soon as possible as we want to have as much time as possible to raise our children one day. The website and community has definitely given us the courage and resources to push us to get going. We've never learned so much, so quickly about real estate from any other source, so thank you Bigger Pockets!