New investor. Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada.

[Michala Vander Ploeg]

Hello everyone! I have been a member of Bigger Pockets for about a month now, and have been quietly reading forums and gaining knowledge from all of you! My husband and I have recently bought our first rental property (triplex) and will be the official owners on March 31st! I am currently on Maternity leave, but will be returning to work as a Dental Hygienist in the near future. Our goal is to save our money to purchase more units and slowly grow our rental property business. Ideally we would like to rely on our rental income as a means to retire in our early 50s, but would be a bonus if we could accomplish that a few years earlier. We think we would like to stick to multi family units, and even possibly get into student rentals in the future (Ottawa is only an hour away) Would love to talk with fellow investors and landlords in the Ottawa Valley. If there are any Real Estate Investing groups/meetings in the area we would be happy to attend!

[Haseeb Awan]

@Michala Vander Ploeg - Welcome to Biggerpockets and congrats on the first purchase.  

OREIO is a real estate meetup group in Ottawa and their next event in on 8th March. Here is the link. Hopefully you can make it there and looking forward to learn about your triplex purchase. 

http://www.oreio.org/next-oreio-event-march-8-2017-relational-capital/