Brand New and Headed to Fayetteville, NC

[Anthony Augustyn]

Good morning BiggerPockets community!  I am Tony Augustyn, a brand new real estate investor, getting started on the path.  Like a lot of people, I had an "awakening" after reading Rich Dad, and have spent the past couple of months reading and learning as much as I can.

I'm currently living in Stuttgart, Germany, and I'm Active Duty Army.  I recently found out I'll be headed to Fort Bragg, NC, near Fayetteville.  I've been married for almost 10 years, and we have 3 beautiful children.  My wife is fully supportive of my desire to dive into real estate, so I definitely count that as a blessing.  She's been an amazing full time mom for the past 5 years, and will likely continue for the foreseeable future. 

We're looking to buy our first deal as a sort of live-in flip type of investment. We aren't really sure what our niche will be, but are ideally looking for a SFH for our first. I'd love to get into multi-family, starting small at first and moving into larger properties. I love my job, and it's very demanding, so time is our biggest enemy at this point in our lives. I have around 10 years left in military before I intend to hang up the hat, so our goal is to replace my income before I retire (but hopefully we can do a lot more than that.)

I look forward to being more active on here, and hopefully meeting some fellow investors near Fayetteville! 

[Andrew Fredrickson]

@Anthony Augustyn welcome to BP! I'm current ARNG and my wife and I recently visited Patch Barracks when we were visiting Stuttgart. Seems like a pretty nice area. I've also heard quite a few stories of active duty people buying investment properties around each new duty station. Seems to make sense since there are consistently people rotating through that are looking to rent. 

I too got the real estate investing itch after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad. In fact I'm staring at the book on my desk right now debating whether or not I should re-read it or give some other books a chance. haha

As I'm sure you've realized, BP is a treasure trove of information and experience. Best of luck in your endeavors!

-Andrew