What's up BP Forum (New from Seattle, WA)
Howdy all, my names Anthony Patel and I can't wait to start connecting with the amazing network of people from all walks of life that this website has facilitated and brought together. It's taken me a long time to post but I have never felt more inspired and excited about real estate then after plowing through the resources found here.
Originally from New Zealand, my parents previously flipped houses during the late 1990's to early 2000's but never really had a plan on how to go about doing it, and as a result, we most often just broke even or made a few thousand on top, and I never thought I would find myself reevaluating real estate as an investment medium. Fast track to now, and having lived in Australia the past 6 years, both countries have experienced astronomical appreciation and it has left me in awe that my parents sold their house in 2007 before moving to the states.
After finding bigger pockets last year and listening to my first podcast, I can proudly say that I was hooked, and have dedicated a lot of my time outside of working as an Audiologist to learning and digesting tibits of real estate investing (who would of thought this could be so fascinating).
As a new migrant to the USA of 8 months, I am trying to build my credit asap to then purchase my primary principle residence with an FHA loan (especially as Seattle is crazy hot right now) to house hack. However in the interim I'm really focusing on building relationships with people in the industry around the Washington/ Oregon region and then jumping into a project to kick start my real estate investing career. I have some lofty goals that I want to achieve (get my parents retired, replace current W-2 income with rental income, become a multifamily property investing syndicator and help facilitate funding of kick *** heath tech projects), and I know with BP by my side, not only will I have the best probability of succeeding, but more importantly, I'm sure to end up making life long relations with like minded people from here.
Thanks all and looking forward to touching base! Keep up the good work BP!
Churrr (That's cheers in New Zealand :))
Anthony