Newbie from West Texas, originally from Belgium

[Robin Dassy]

Hello BP,

My name is Robin, as mentioned in the title I grew up in Liege, Belgium and have been living in the U.S. for about ten years. I went through college in Kansas and Texas, and I have been married to an amazing woman for a couple of months now. We have both been interested in real estate investing for quite a while, it just seemed to be an obvious way to secure a better financial future. As a  young married couple with decent income, we seem to be in an ideal position to start out investing fairly early, it is only a matter of getting real estate education and making deals happen.

I have to confess, I have been a member of BP for about a year now. I have been "lurking" in the forums, trying to learn from every relevant thread I could see. However, a month or so ago, I discovered that BP also had two excellent podcasts. I spend hours on the road every day, so I literally devoured the entire money podcast, and I am still working my way through the colossal real estate podcast material. At 2X the speed, I get quite a few daily reminders to engage on the forums, and I am finally starting to notice some threads on which I could be of assistance.

As for my goals and niche, I have been hunting for a 2-4 units to start house hacking and learning how to be a landlord while working full time and establishing systems that would allow for easy management of our next units. I'm not certain where this path will take my wife and I, but we are shooting for $10k / month in passive income within ten years. 

Another personal but I guess less serious goal of mine is to become @Scott Trench's best friend, as I have at long last found another punny individual whose genius is widely misunderstood by his entourage. Also, I'd still be playing rugby if broken limbs weren't so costly.

I'm a pretty sociable person, and I'm eager to meet BP members with shared interests. I encourage everyone to ask me any questions, or schedule a Starbucks caffeinated meetup with me. Very few things get me as fired up as real estate does, and I hope I will be able to help the community and give back to BP at least as much as I got from it.


Y'all have a fantastic day!