New guy, Soon to be in Northern Illinois

[Roberto Santana]

Hey Everyone, Just got here a few days ago and now I feel like I’m ready to start investing in Real Estate!! Not because I know everything (LMAO who really does?) but I finally found a place that I can find the answers I’m looking for or at least ask the stupid questions no one wants to ask.

I'm currently in the U.S. Navy and have been in for roughly 12 years. I grew up in Jacksonville Fl. but thanks to the Navy I've been all over the world. I'm married with two boys (6 and 3) and just celebrated our 7 year anniversary.

I got the idea invest from a friend of mine that is renting his home out while stationed overseas. It got me thinking on how can I do this on a bigger scale? So I got some book recommendations from friends and started with Rich Dad, Poor Dad then it all spiraled from there. Long story short, a few weeks later and after getting through 3 books I was watching some YouTube videos that weren’t what I needed, then I ran into the Bigger Pockets YouTube videos and wandered over to this page and VIOLA now I’m hooked, the wife is hooked and we are on our way to get our first place here in the next 6-9 months. We’ll be heading over to the Gurnee, Grey’s Lake area North of Chicago in January when I transfer.

Ok, well now you know a little about me hope to hear from you all when my stupid questions start rolling through lol. And I promise to pay it forward and educate and send anyone interested over to this page to learn as much as possible to get into this amazing community.