New investor. Salt Lake City, Utah. Focused on Small Multi-Family

[Preston Seo]

Hey everyone, I wanted to officially introduce myself to the BP forums. I've been living in Utah, primarily Salt Lake and Utah county for my entire life. I'm recently married and just started a job in downtown Salt Lake City after graduating from the University of Utah a few months back. My wife will be starting a job at a hospital in the area sometime soon as well. 

Our goal is to become financially independent in 5-7 years through real estate investing so we can spend more time with our future kids and travel more. We've been to a few places like Oregon, Washington, and Puerto Vallarta within the past year and we've loved it. Truly jealous of those living in Oregon especially ;)

I've been listening to podcasts and reading books on real estate for the past year or so to try and educate myself as much as possible. My cousin who is an active investor in the area has helped me along the way and has been a mentor for me as well. 

My wife and I are in the market for a duplex to a fourplex in Salt Lake county and Utah county to house hack. Small multi family rentals is what we will be targeting for the beginning of our investing career. 

I've browsed the forums here and there and every time I jump on, I'm amazed at the amount of value a lot of people give and I wanted to be apart of that. I feel like there is a brother/sister hood in the real estate investing community that I'm a big fan of and hope to be able to contribute anyway I can.

If you guys have any tips or words of advice, specifically those familiar with Salt Lake and Utah county, it would be much appreciated! Hope to connect with a lot of you, and thanks for taking the time to read this mini novel. 

Also, I can't offer much yet, but I know a couple of awesome agents and a mortgage broker here in the area, so if you're in the market please reach out and I'll give you a referral.