Hello from Davenport, Iowa

[Earl W.]

Hello everyone, My name is Earl. (Feel free to insert a dumb joke about the TV show here.  It'll be very original, I'm sure.)  I've been a Mechanic at a local dealership for 13 years.  After being in the business for 10+ years it hit me that EVERY mechanic that has retired around me has had knee/back problems and was forced into an unsustainable early retirement due to other health problems.  So I sold all of my toys and got into investing into real estate as a path to a sustainable retirement.  Since 2014 I have reinvested 100% of my cash flow and purchased a total of 8 rental properties. As an amateur I feel like they're good investments.  I joined this website to find out how my investments have performed relative to the standard rental investment, for the invaluable information available here and to increase the profits on my next rental purchase.