Newbie from Ames, Iowa (near Des Moines)

[Joe McGovern]

Hello!

My name is Joe McGovern. My wife and I have two beautiful children (the oldest just turned 2) who are our motivation for looking into REI. We both have very little background in real estate - purchasing our primary residence has been our only experience and we just did that in May of 2019. I am a software engineer and my wife stays home with our kiddos. Our goals are to be able to finance big expenses in the lives of our descendants (college, down payments, vehicles, etc), to be available to them as they eventually move into a season of life of having children and purchasing a home, to leave an inheritance to our children/grandchildren/great grandchildren, and to provide opportunities for our family to work with us if they would ever want to (bookkeeping, property management, contractor, rehab, etc).

I would love to connect with some folks in the Ames/Ankeny/Des Moines metro area and talk about REI!

Thanks

Joe