New guy from Lawrenceville, GA (metro Atlanta)

[Sam T.]

Hi everyone, I'm Sam from Lawrenceville, GA, roughly in between Atlanta and Athens, GA. I've been here for a couple months already but just realized I haven't introduced myself in this section yet. I'm an aspiring buy and hold rental investor, and I plan to make my first deal some time next year when I have a down payment saved up.

I have no experience yet in real estate except for buying my primary residence last year with a 3% down conventional loan. I've just been reading, listening to podcasts, and learning as much as possible for the last couple of years since I first decided to get into REI. I plan to start going to local REI club meetings soon too. I'd love to meet some cool people there and on here to do business with in the future.

My goal is to simply buy rentals with personal savings as down payments, reinvest as much of the money as I can, and build a solid portfolio over the next few decades. 

Outside of my interest in REI, I'm just a sales guy with a chemical engineering background. In my free time I like to read books, play sports, go on adventures, and have fun.

[Jill DeWit]

@Sam T. hello and welcome to Bigger Pockets!

You've made the right choice signing up and being a member of this site to further your REI career and education. BP has a ton of information for you to soak up as well as an abundance of networking opportunities as well.

Happy to help any way I can.  Feel free to PM me.  

Once again, welcome to Bigger Pockets!  I wish you all the best!