New members from central Ohio

[Tammy Tebben]

Hello BiggerPockets Forums,

My husband and I have begun looking into real estate investing as a way to extract ourselves from the 9 to 5 rat race. We're both earning a decent living but are constantly stressed and no longer enjoy the work we're doing. We want to become our own bosses and begin letting our money work for us instead of working for it.

We both grew up in Columbus, OH, and are now living in Lancaster, OH (40 miles south of Columbus). Since we're just starting our investing career we figure we'll invest in either Columbus (more opportunities and better appreciation) or Lancaster (now more familiar). But our five-year goal has us moving farther south, so we have wondered if it would make more sense to begin investing where we would like to end up (I'd love to hear your opinions on this).

At this point we're still in the education phase, we just finished reading "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by @Brandon Turner, and have attended several BiggerPockets Webinars. We are now thinking the time has come to take the plunge. We still have lots of questions and we look forward to discussing them with other BiggerPockets forum members soon.

Tammy and David Tebben