New Real Estate investor in South Florida

[Maria Torres]

Hi BP community! My husband and I are new to real estate investing, recently relocated to Miami, FL after my husband retired from the military. He has experience in construction management and originally it was his idea for us to consider starting our own business investing in RE. My professional background is in clinical social work and healthcare administration and, not being familiar with real estate, I was at first skeptical and kept telling myself "maybe one day." However, I came across Rich Dad Poor Dad and reading this book was a great inspiration. I've read multiple books, blogs, and articles on the subject since then. The more I learn, the more interested I become, and determined to take action! I realize REI requires hard work, time, and dedication, especially as you get started, but none of these scare me, as that is how I've always taken any job or endeavor in life. At least this time I will be directly reaping the rewards of my hard work. In doing additional research came across BP. I think this site/community is such an invaluable resource, and I'm looking forward to connecting with other investors, new and experienced!

In terms of goals, we are working now on building our team and want to buy our first deal by early 2018. We are planning to start with fix and flips to grow our capital, but eventually want to concentrate on building passive income so that we can both retire early. We are looking for SFH's or small multi-family deals to start with, but with time, experience, and more capital, want to invest in large multi-family/commercial deals. That's a little bit about us. As I said, looking forward to connecting with the rest of the BP community :).