New multifamily investor from Minnetonka, MN

[Scott S.]

Hi everyone!

I'm a computer programmer by trade but have always been handy. As a child, my father showed me the value of sweat equity and taught me the skills needed to fix up my home. (Thanks, dad!)

My wife and I have built two homes (acting as our own general contractor) and subdivided one 1.5 acre lot into two ~3/4 acre lots. To do that, we worked with an engineering firm and presented our plan before the city council - it was a long process but worth it!

I've always been willing to try new things. Now that our kids are older we've decided to give rental properties our focus and have begun looking in our own back yard.

At the moment we have no properties but if I could find (and finance!) a 10-unit apartment building that is what I would love to do. More realistically for our first purchases, we hope to put two SFHs or duplexes in our portfolio by EOY 2017.

A big "hello!" to my fellow Twin City-ans! Keep me in mind for any syndicated deals in the Twin Cities market.