Young Newbie Investor in Melbourne, FL

[William Layne]

I realized after looking around this site today and got the addict badge... That made me realize that I haven't actually really even made an introduction post... Fair warning for anyone that doesn't want an essay:

From: South Florida and Daytona.

Goal: Financial Freedom (more detail below)

Experience: I personally have none except for what I've read. My girlfriend has a bit of interior design.

Looking for: Real Estate Agent suggestions. Meet Ups. Members to network with. Anyone willing to give hands on experience. All resources you think are great!

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Hey all! I'm William Layne and I'm a software engineer working at the Cape, and newbie investor living in the Brevard county area.

I'll start with a bit of some personal background. I grew up in Lake Worth (FL), went to college in Daytona Beach, lived in Oklahoma City, and have moved to the Port St John area (within the past year). 

I've been researching investing since I first got a "real" job and stumbled upon real estate and bigger pockets when looking up investing podcasts. Ever since then I've been sucked into researching buy-and-hold real estate and focused on the numbers side of things.

Now you may be wondering if the "s" in investors is a typo. But since I've been so engrossed in learning more, I somehow convinced my long-term (8 years) girlfriend (basically fiancee) to start learning as well. She and I are both very very interested in vacation rentals and BRRR strategies (as they can tie together). I'll leave her introduction for if she makes an account :)

My next step is to find anyone willing to mentor or talk with me (or us). I am hoping to find people to network with who I could talk to (about anything at all really!), bounce ideas off of, or possibly get hands on/ride along experience. I believe this will start with any local meet ups, so if you know of any please let me know!

Our goal currently can be summed up as financial freedom. We want to be able to secure our future children's financial future and be able to do something we love because we love it. We believe we can achieve that using rentals and hope to meet many people, investors, and friends along the way.

Thanks and can't wait to start getting more involved!