Noob from Greensboro NC

[Seneca Stephens]

I was browsing the blogs and this version of an introduction felt a bit more fun so I'll use it:

I'm a 23 year old single male living in Greensboro NC. It feels odd to say but I need to go back and finished the few remaining courses to obtain my Bachelor's degree in Accounting. The need/desire to help out my family and myself financially has me set in that position. The funny thing is that I work part time as a bookkeeper for a property management firm.

I was thinking of using a buy and hold strategy or wholesale primarily in Greensboro, then hopefully expanding from there as success/failure and confidence grow. I haven't started just yet but I'm looking to jump in.

Working my current job I've gotten to see some of the financial working when it comes to managing multiple large apartment buildings, being able to interact with the managers at each individual site and also understanding the far larger process of bill payment than what we would do on a normal home basis. I didn't think about investing in real estate until I was talking to my friend after his trip to E3 and his desire to start up an indie game company. That conversation let the realization sink in that money isn't the only thing that one can contribute.

Unfortunately I've only lived here in Greensboro but I do want to travel both within and outside of the country.

As far as hobbies, I'm a gamer/computer nerd so anything dealing with video games or computer hardware/software will peak my interest. I do like to work out, though I don't do it as much as I could. I'm looking into learning some mixed martial arts for the combo of the knowledge and the physical fitness. I also like to cook and try new things in the kitchen.

TV shows and movies, I'm really into anime, but beyond that shows like 2 and a Half Men, Shark Tank, NCIS, Tosh.0, Family Guy, The Simpsons, a few fix-up shows (Bar Rescue, Kitchen Nightmares) and very few 'reality TV' shows. I'll leave the list at that cause I could keep going. Movies: Ted has taken one of my top spots along with the Fast and Furious franchise (minus Tokyo Drift), Friday, Real Genius and I really need to go to the movies sometime soon cause there a few in theaters that I want to see.

I've never really thought of my perfect weekend but at the least I want to go out for the nightlife, spend a small amount of time in the gym, hanging out with friends.

I have a few things that may be a bit contradictory but I don't care. I do finance work, but I also do quite a bit of coding for a browser based game. It just gives me a bit of creative leisure as well as a productive skill I get to see how it affects others. Also partially since I'm into anime/manga I'm currently learning Japanese. It's been a bit slow going but I'm tempted to throw a 6 month learning goal on it.

[Mehran K.]

Welcome to BP Seneca! Thanks for taking the time to do a full introduction.

Your experience in bookkeeping for PM firms is going to be such a big help as you take investing on for yourself. Understanding the numbers is a great foundation to have.

Check out this book to get a better handle on the metrics we use on the investor side of things:
What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow... And 36 Other Key Financial Measures by Frank Gallinelli

I have a feeling you'll dig it. See you around the site!