Newbie buying in Milwaukee from San Mateo, CA

[Kody Crouch]

I'm a software engineer at HouseCanary, which makes real estate software such as the ComeHome app. After starting my new job I just had to start investing in real estate.  My favorite part is all the people I get to talk to and interact with, so much different from my head-down professional life.

After a few months of scouting a dozen cities to potentially invest in, I picked Milwaukee, not because it was the best place to invest but because it was the first place I got a realtor to engage seriously and start sending me decent leads that matched what I described in my intro.

I like to send out 1-2 offers per week even if I don't think they will be accepted, as long as the price would make it a great deal.