New Real Estate Investor From Evansville, IN

[Mike Everitt]

Hello to all of the members of BiggerPockets!

My name is Mike Everitt. My wife and I moved to Evansville, IN from Mississippi a little over a year and a half ago when I finished my undergrad at MS State (Hail State). I am currently a capital projects engineer by day for a large automobile manufacturer. Primarily, I work with plant engineering to create a concept and manage contractors to install/integrate cells of automated painting robots with a general timeline of around 1 year from concept to launch.

I have always been interested in becoming financially independent as well as the potential of real estate investment as a source of income. I just assumed that I would never have enough capital to get into something like this, but I have become hooked over the last several months as I've been listening to all of the BP podcasts and Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad Poor Dad" on my way to work. While my job has been a fantastic opportunity for my wife and I, our work schedules are both very labor intensive. Being able to spend more time with my wife is  a huge motivation for me to start my own business and someday be able to set my own schedule.

The only hands on experience that I have with real-estate has been buying our house here in Evansville, but I have become fascinated with researching and understanding creative financing and investment strategies for real estate. I have tentatively started communication with a realtor, CPA, and a few lenders, but I have definitely not taken a jump into the deep end yet.

My primary interest is BRRRR investing and I have been researching and analyzing deals from the MLS using nearby recent sales found on the county assessor's site. I haven't made any offers or reached out to anyone to ask about off-market deals as of this point, but I hope to start being more aggressive with this as I become more comfortable with understanding financing options and evaluating exit strategies.

I am super excited to be starting this new path in our lives!

I want to say thank you to all of the BiggerPockets members and I look forward to becoming more active in this community that has already helped me so much.