New member from Melbourne Florida

[Pat Reilly]

Hi - actually I'm not brand new since I joined about 6 months ago but never really engaged. I recently got fired up and became a PRO member (thanks to Brandon). I've been around awhile and have always been enamored with real estate - I had some rental properties in NY back in the '80s before I moved to Florida, and since then I've invested in more rentals, vacant land, new construction. I got burned in the crash of 2008, but never lost my affinity for real estate. In 2014 I got back in with a house that needed a rehab, which I got a conventional mortgage for and has since been rented out with good cash flow. Then I learned about using my IRA for real estate, went down that path, and now have 4 rental properties. I want to do some flips, and I know there is much that I have to learn in that area - financing, etc. I can offer other members my knowledge of using an IRA for RE investing, just ask and I will be happy to help.