New Investor from Jacksonville, Florida!

[Joshua Gordon]

Hello everyone!

My name is Joshua Gordon. I live in Jacksonville, FL and have recently started looking into real estate investing, specifically Wholesaleing.

I am 28 years old and my second child will be born any day now. I love my family and am tired of living paycheck to paycheck. I want to be able to just pick up one day and go on a week long vacation with my family without even thinking twice about it.

I spent 6 years in the US Navy as a Nuclear Electrician. I highly enjoyed my time traveling around the world. Would love to travel again. I am now an electrician with a local construction company. I love my current job, just would like to make more money.

I found Bigger Pockets after I started listening to real estate investing podcasts. Started out listening to Sean Terry's Flip 2 Freedom podcast and got super pumped! Moved on after listening to all of those to listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast. Another great podcast!

Would love to network with everyone to learn from their experiences and to have avenues of advice for when I am finally able to begin investing!

Thank you for your time!

Joshua Gordon
Jacksonville, FL

[Joshua Dorkin]

Welcome to the site, Joshua Gordon -- I don't believe I know too many other nuclear electricians. Congrats on your second child to come, and thanks for joining the community.

If you haven't already, check out our Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing -- otherwise, definitely be sure to dig in!

We've got a lot of great active and veteran military here and James Vermillion is sort of our unofficial liaison. He's a great guy to know here . . .

[Brandon Turner]

Hey Joshua Gordon - as Joshua Dorkin said, definitely check out that Beginner's Guide! I'm glad you liked the Podcast :) Is that how you discovered BiggerPockets in the first place? I'm always curious how people find us!

Let us know how we can help you out going forward. If you are interested in wholesaling, definitely check out these articles:

9 Reasons You Couldn’t Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale Deal
Don’t Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and Flipper
How to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the Field

Welcome!

[Jon Klaus]

Welcome aboard, Joshua. Success in real estate investing isn't easy, but once you get there, you'll know the work and time you put in was worth it.

[Louis Vargas]

Welcome aboard Joshua. This is a great site. There are plenty of great information and the folks on here are super friendly and helpful.

[Joseph M.]

Welcome Joshua . I think you are in a great market in Jacksonville area. Looks like there are many areas that can cash flow nicely . I am sure you will be able to reach your real estate goals one day . But , weeklong vacation ? How about a month long vacation ! :)

[Tim Czarkowski]

Hey Joshua, just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I am also an investor here in Jacksonville. Let me know if there is anything I can help you with. I am an agent, a flipper, a property manager, and a landlord. So I dabble in a little bit of everything but it pays the bills with no boss and I make my own schedule. Real estate is a great business and now is a great time to be involved in it. As Joseph M says there is actually the ability to get decent cashflow here as opposed to some other areas with much higher price to rent ratios.

[Maher Bateh]

Hey josh. Welcome to biggerpockets. I also started investing here in Jacksonville 2 months ago and picked up my first home at the county steps. It's a bit tough with so many investors lurking in the area but if there's anything I can help you with feel free to give me a shout. BTW, Tim was and is very helpful :)

[Joshua Gordon]

Thanks for the warm welcome! I am loving this site so far! Great info everywhere! I am currently trying to find a way to get a list of absentee owners for a cheap price so that I can write some yellow letters and get the ball rolling!

[Ramon Jenkins]

welcome

[Liz Brumer-Smith]

Welcome to BP Joshua Gordon. I wish you the best in your endeavors and completely understand the desire for a higher quality of life, especially with a new one on the way. My partner and I started out targeting wholesaling but realized it was quiet competitive in our market. If an opportunity presents itself we'll take it. We actually did our first one in January but have since then branched out into other avenues of investing such as Non-Performing notes and seller financed buy & holds. If I had any advice to a new investor is to keep laser focus on your goal and to not eliminate a certain type of investment that may differ from your original plan. A deal is a deal and if there's money to be maid take advantage! I've heard too many people say that's not what they do and missed out on an awesome opportunity!

Wishing you the best of luck!

Liz Brumer

[Jack Bobeck]

Joshua Gordon Wow, you should have no problem applying what you learned in the Navy about discipline to the endeavors of Real Estate. It is all about the details, so you are well on your way, perhaps a head start compared to many other first timers. Welcome to BP, it is a great site for information and leaders in the world of Real Estate.

Jack Bobeck

[Joshua Gordon]

My beautiful baby girl was born today! I am so excited! Now I have two little reasons to get this investing started! Have to take care of my babies...

[Joel Owens]

Hi Joshua,

Many blessings to you and congrats on your new life in this world which will bring you great memories and happiness.

Money is just the means to do the things we really want with the people we care about in our lives.

Happy investing!