New Member from Greater Seattle WA Area

[Andrew Buchanan]

Hi BiggerPockets community!  My name is Andy Buchanan, and I have been looking at getting into Real Estate Investing, part-time to start, in single-family, condo, or multi-family properties.  I currently reside in Maple Valley, WA, where I own a single family home and live with my wife and 1, soon to be 2 children.  I am excited to learn, network, learn, work, learn, network, and make some money!  Being in the Seattle area, housing market is pretty high, so I'm a bit discouraged, and the idea of buying real estate out of state currently seems daunting without the right connections and help understanding those markets with a full time job and family.  I currently own a condo in Bothell that was our first home that we were able to keep and convert into a rental property and have had no vacancies since we converted it a few years back.

I currently work at a company that works with most of the tech giants you've heard of, and it pays well, but I would like to eventually have freedom from an employer and be able to run a business for myself and not have to rely solely on that income, so that I can have the opportunity to serve other families, like mine, to help them get on their own path to financial freedom as I have.

If any of this sounds like it resonates, would love to hear from you!

Thanks,

-Andy

[Ryland Taniguchi]

You can make money in any market. You just have to adapt. Flipping sucks now in King county. BRRRR in pierce and thurston is still good. Development in seattle is very very good. Hard money lending is where it is at now.

I am also going to explore Florida next.