Beau Bray Introduction

[Beau B. Bray]

Good morning everyone, 

I just wanted to introduce myself.  My name is Beau, and I'm very interested in being a buy and hold investor for passive income in the future.

I've been lurking on the forums for awhile.  I'm still in my "education" phase.  Mostly because I'm very risk adverse, and still trying to come up with reserve money for the inevitable expenses that occur when owning a rental.  

I'm in the Hampton Roads area in Virginia and work in northern Virginia near Maryland.  My commute to work is 96 miles so I listen to A LOT of audiobooks and podcasts.   

I'm a Navy vet, and currently own a single family home that I purchased with my VA loan benefits. I've recently thought about using my VA loan again in the future to try to find a 4-plex in my area. Keeping one unit vacant and living in it for a year, but I still want some money available for expenses, and some debt paid down before that.

My ultimate goal is to do real estate investing full time, living off of passive income.  I really want to work for myself.  Instead of driving 96 miles to work for someone else.   

Thanks for reading, I'm sure I rambled a bit. 

- Beau