New guy - Roanoke, VA

[Jason Davis]

Good evening everyone. My name is Jason and I'm from Roanoke, VA.

I'm new to all of this. Currently don't own any property except the house in which I live. I got interested in REI after talking to a buddy who has been an investor for 20+ years. At this point, I'm just learning as much as I can. I started listening to Dustin Heiner's podcast (Master Passive Income) and he has brought up this forum several times so I thought I would check it out. Also reading "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" after it was recommended by my cousin who is a realtor/real estate investor.

My interest in real estate is mostly that I'd like to have income that isn't tied to my regular job.

Currently trying to pay off a car and a couple of student loans. If all goes well *knock wood* the car and one student loan will be paid off in 6 months or so.

Interestingly (to me anyway), my wife saw me looking over one of the forums and asked me about it. I told her a little bit about what I was thinking and it turns out she had been kicking around a similar idea. Our son is in 8th grade and wants to go to college at Virginia Tech and she wants to buy a place near the school and rent out rooms to try and defray some of the school costs. So we are at least a little bit on the same page...which I hope will help.