Cleveland Real Estate Newbie With A Fire Inside Him!

[James Seed]

Hello everyone out there in the BiggerPockets community!

My name is James, i'm 33 years old living in Cleveland and I have developed a real fire inside myself! Over the last few years i've really developed an ambition to push myself in life to become better and better. I haven't even realized it until the last year. 

5 years ago I was having a very difficult time post graduation. I'd graduated but was just unable to find work for over a year.  An opportunity to live in Hawaii presented itself and I decided to make a go of it instead of playing it safe and comfortable, if one can call where I was safe and comfortable.  While Hawaii didn't work out, i've since lost 90lbs, converted to Catholicism, found somewhat enjoyable full time employment that lets me put in a generous amount of overtime (Last week I worked 65 hours and on average 55+ hours a week, I haven't had a day off in months), started to tackle overwhelming student loan debt, volunteer, well...you get the idea. 

Like many on here, I've read Rich Dad Poor Dad when I was in my early 20s and have rediscovered the original inspiration it gave me for real estate. I am voraciously listening to as many financial podcasts as possible which is how I discovered BiggerPockets. My plan is to start house hacking with smaller multifamily and transition into apartment complexes. I'm a buy and hold type of guy or rather I plan to be. 

I'm hungry for real estate investing. Hungry for a deal. I hope to see you around and maybe we can help one another in the future. I'd love to hear your story.