Newbie currently in New York

[Ashton R.]

Hello everyone! 

My husband and I have been listening to the BP podcasts and doing our research on real estate investing for the past few months. I am a military spouse, husband is a Marine on active duty and we are currently stationed in New York. My corporate day job is as the Vice President of Marketing for an outsourcing firm. 

We are interested in getting into real estate to build wealth and eventually do it full time as a team. My husband retires from the Marine Corps in 5 years so we'd like to start now in hopes that it will help ease the transition from an active duty family to civilian family.

We are very new to this and of course have many questions on taking the first step on getting started. We own a home in Alabama that we've had for 5 years and plan to buy our next home (primary residence) when we move to our new duty station next year due to getting military orders. 

Based on what we've learned thus far from BP, we think our primary goal is to buy and hold....in hopes that we can have cash flow and make other investments overtime where it makes sense.

Long-term goals are to be able to build a large investment firm and purchase properties in Miami Beach and other vacation areas. (May be a long shot but gotta have goals, right?)

Hopefully I didn't ramble on too much. I look forward to engaging with everyone! 

Ashton