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New guy from Seattle
Hi all,
I’m Ivan, 35, born and raised in California, moved abroad to Australia a few years ago for work and recently relocated to back to the states and have landed in Seattle.
I recently resigned from a long stint at a major tech company where I initially started IT support, Project Management, and ended Marketing and Advertising. Once i resigned, i took the past 3-4 months traveling Europe and SEA with my wife (but honestly thinking about real estate and listening to the BiggerPockets podcast aside from eating) before moving to Seattle.
I’ve been listening to the BP podcast for over 2yrs now and am finally moving forward to taking the first step in real estate investing. I dont have any Real Estate experience but i can help with online marketing and advertising. Looking forward to contributing to the community and helping out wherever I can.
Best,
Ivan