New Member from NYC (Manhattan)

[Christopher Copley]

Hi everyone. My name is Chris and I currently live in Manhattan. The market here is ridiculous at the moment, so I am exploring a few options, including house hacking in either Westchester or Nassau County and/or looking at out of state options. For the latter, my current plan is to focus on areas where there is a growing millennial population and a need for affordable housing. 

I currently work in financial derivative compliance and regulation, so hopefully my specialized knowledge will be of benefit to the community at large. I have undergrad degrees in History and Finance, so I have an unusual skill set. I'm starting law school this fall, with the aim of creating my own practice partly focused on real estate, and I am excited to help others and learn a few things myself. 

My experience with real estate is part personal investing in publicly traded REITs, part classes from my Finance degree, and part derivatives based from my current job. I'd like to expand into rentals and house hacking over the next year, but I am patient and will wait for the right opportunity.