Hi - excited to be here, newish investor from Seattle and Boise

[Jen Harwood]

Hi there,

I've lived in Seattle for 10 years but grew up and went to school in Idaho. My husband Kole and I own our home here in Seattle, a vacant lot in McCall, ID and two single family rental homes in Boise, each of which we've owned for about 5-6 years.

Here in Seattle I own and operate a cloth diaper service, which lets me care for our toddler daughter during the day - a huge consideration for me. I have a business and finance background in addition to my own experience as an entrepreneur.

However, I've only recently realized (silly me!) that I have a real passion for real estate - not just buy and hold, but flipping as well. We've refreshed or remodeled most of our primary residence, almost all of which was done ourselves on a limited budget.

We've enjoyed the monthly cash flow that our SFH rentals have generated but I am looking to put down more roots in Boise or other towns in Idaho as we have strong family ties there already and would consider moving back some day. I'd also like to eventually make real estate my full-time gig. I'm still figuring out exactly what shape that will take, but I believe it will likely be some combination of buy-and-hold and flipping.

I plan to pursue a real estate license here in Washington to enable me to more easily get licensed in Idaho as well (Idaho doesn't have online courses like WA does), and I'd love to learn more about flipping, finding and purchasing multifamily investments, and on real estate investment with little cash. Since discovering the Bigger Pockets community and podcast a week ago I have been studying hard - and thank goodness for the Seattle library, or I would already be broke buying all of the great books being recommended!

I look forward to getting more involved. Thanks for reading!