New investor in Portland Oregon

[Keegan Gallagher]

Hello BP!

I have been listening to the podcast for a while now and am now finally ready to start searching for my first investment property. Back in February, I moved from Denver, Colorado to Portland, Oregon for my first mechanical engineering job out of college and have been saving religiously since starting with the plan of getting a place to househack. My long term goals are to use real estate as a way to build wealth while still keeping my job as an engineer. I am not interested in this as a get rich quick scheme so I will be focusing on buy and hold rental properties that can ride out volatile markets like we are in right now.

This year has made it nearly impossible to network with people in person so I am hoping this forum can help. What are some ways that you guys have found useful to network during a time when in person gatherings are restricted?