Newbie from Roeland Park, KS (Kansas City area)

[Michael Minor]

My name is Mike Minor. I grew up in the Kansas City area, but I lived in California for about 5 years in Marysville. I was there because I was in the Air Force for six years working aircraft maintenance. Growing up my dad was involved in real estate and that is where my passion started. When I was in high school I always said my ideal graduation present would be a duplex so I could live in one side and rent the other out. I had no idea I was talking about house hacking and I don't even know if that was the term back in 2007ish when I was asking this. I graduated high school in 2009 and a few months later I was in basic training. I bought my first house in 2011 when I established some credit and I essentially live in flipped this house. I purchased the SFR for 90k in Marysville, CA, it was a 3br/2ba 2 car garage 1140 sq ft home. Over the course of the next 4 years while I lived there I put roughly 10k in updates/repairs into the property. In 2015 we closed on the deal and I got a nice 60k deposit into my bank account. I purchased my second house in Gardner, KS. I am currently trying to sell this home (due to a divorce and so I can pursue my passion in real estate). For anyone who is reading this and thinking "sorry for the divorce". Don't. It is something we both wanted and it has been improving our relationship tremendously and has created a healthier living environment for our kids, not that it was terrible before, just better now. My plan is to house hack a multi family in Prairie Village after the sale of my current house. My goals in real estate are to start out smaller and BRRRR properties until the point that I can start to invest into commercial multi family. I heard about BiggerPockets from my dad and step mom who I was talking with about how excited I am about committing to real estate. She is a real estate agent and my step brother is a broker.

I am extremely interested in meeting investors/wholesalers/agents, really anyone involved in real estate, in the area to build a strong network that can mutually benefit everyone through advice, deal "sharing", partnering, anything really that improves the community. I know meet ups can be a great place to network, but I am interested in getting out and networking anyway possible.