New to real estate, seasoned business owner - Eugene OR

[Anthony Burroff]

Hello BiggerPockets!

Allow me to introduce myself, I am Anthony. I'm 32 years old, I reside in Eugene, Oregon. New here on the forums and just getting started educating myself on how I'm going to build my own real estate empire. I've listened to a few dozen podcasts so far, gotten myself pretty deep into a nice stack of books, and am feeling more confident every day about building my new business. My goals are to start with some fix and flip rehabs, possibly wholesales and leverage my way into multifamily and eventually commercial buy & hold properties.

I'm no stranger to building businesses and in fact have only gotten a regular paycheck for about a year when I was 16. I have owned a few different companies, mostly in the tech industry. I never liked the term "serial entrepreneur" but I'm starting to fit the bill. I understand the emotional strains of running a business. I am pretty good at leading a team, or at least I'd like to think so, learning about leadership is a never ending hobby of mine. The failures can be hard lessons, but often what leads to the sweet successes that make it all worth it. My most recent business success was building a certified child care center, which was inspired by my 3 year old daughter.  It was my proverbial "light at the end of the tunnel" in building a true systems based business right from the start. It may only make a modest profit but it requires very little of my time, is a great place for my daughter to learn and grow, and provides a great benefit for our community. 

In any case. I have also had my fair share of failures. I have decided to close down my tech business, as profits were once again dwindling and it either needed to die or be reinvented again. (As what happens frequently thanks to the rapid changes in technology) bottom line the industry was no longer fulfilling me and I had no desire to rekindle that flame. So here I am to pursue real estate full time...

I've already set my first 90 day deadline. To acquire funding, close on a house, and get a team together to start rehabbing it before the end of September. 

I want to have that house sold and be purchasing another one before 2019. My clock is ticking...

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!