Introducing Chris Bruni

[Chris Bruni]

Hello all:

My name is Chris Bruni and I'm new to Bigger Pockets, but not new to real estate investing.  I have been a small-time investor and owner for the past 15 years, but have recently started to ramp up my portfolio.  I am located in Baraboo, Wisconsin just under an hour north of Madison, Wisconsin.  My first deals were here, but I now have property to the north and am about to acquire my first properties in northern Illinois.

I enjoy the rehabilitation of depressed real estate (like therapy for me - seriously!) and have been mostly in the buy and hold (rent) mindset from the beginning.  Today I own 8 units and am about to close on 7 more in the next 30 days.  All of my properties are single family homes or duplexes, but I would be interested in expanding that for the right opportunity.

I do all the management and virtually all of the rehab work myself.  I am blessed to have a father who taught me a lot about rehab work growing up and he still works with me today (he's in his 80s).  I have two adult sons who are also getting into this work and I have worked with them on different projects over the past few years (got em started on roofing work when they were still single digits in age).

I look forward to learning from others on this sight and to providing any insights I can along the way.