Fairly new to real estate investing. From San Antonio Texas

[Stephen Kauffman]

My name is Stephen Kauffman and I am new to BiggerPockets. Although I am new to this community and pretty early on in my own real estate investing journey, I do have some experience in the real estate investing world from multiple family members having rental properties and helping to manage the properties for them. As well as my degree in Construction Management. I am based out of the San Antonio, Texas area and I am hoping to connect with as many other investors as I can. I have been listening to the podcast for almost a year now and have tried to learn and soak up as much information as possible. I have also read about ten books on real estate investing (including three from Brandon Turner, which I recommend to everyone) As well as have been practicing running numbers on potential properties (a tip I heard on a past episode)

As for my current plan, I am currently seeking my first multi-unit property that I can house hack, as well as a few SFR to fix and rent out.

I am eager to make connections and establish relationships on BiggerPockets! Thanks for your time and best of luck to everyone!

[John Barr]

@Stephen Kauffman

Welcome to the BP community! you have some to the right place.

How long have you lived in SA? 

The city isn't like most whereas in a typical city your better housing and rentals are closer to the cities core. Here in SA some of our cheapest most run down areas are closest to downtown and the better rental areas are out in the Suburbs. Not to say that there are not deals in the more run down areas but those typically tend to be more of the seller finance type deals and off-market style rentals.

I have been in SA for over four years now and have been doing REI full time for two of those. Like you I also graduated with a CM degree which is what brought me to Texas. Having the CM degree has definitely helped with the management of Rehabs and working with contractors

Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or would like to meet up sometime.

Happy investing!