15 year Washington state investor looking to change strategies.

[Ryan Hodges]

My name is Ryan Hodges.  I purchased my first home in Olympia, WA when I was 20, moved to Seattle with my wife Rebecca a year later and rather than sell, we decided to become landlords.  Shortly after, we initiated a cash out refinance that ignited our fire for purchasing more rentals.  Now we have 8 homes and we finally got our home equity line of credit that we have been waiting for to begin investing further.  Our full time jobs have become flexible enough to allow us to refocus our energy and we now feel confident to step out of our comfort zone and start investing in potential Flip or Brrrr properties.  Being new to these strategies, we are in need of guidance and have a good friend and mentor who is more than willing to help but is shifting his efforts from Seattle to Arizona (Phoenix and surrounding areas).   This will be our first out of state venture and with the added level of caution, we turn to Bigger Pockets for additional support and guidance.