New Member from College Station, Texas

[Diego A.]

Howdy everybody!

My name is Diego Alvarado. I am originally from Guatemala and came to the USA to go to the university and do some swimming. I am a recent grad with a Masters in RE and Industrial Engineering and right now I am a full time researcher at the university!

I started playing with the idea about RE several years back when I read a very famous RE book! However, I never did anything while I was in undergrad. While in grad school my wife and I bought a 4-plex in 2010 and lived in one of the units while renting the other ones. Recently we got another property to live on with the intention to rent it out in a year. Even with some deal under my belt I realized that I still have a lot to learn about RE.

I am interested in real estate investing but at the moment I am interested in Multi-family properties, wholesale and flips. My goal is to be able to be financially free in 5 years so I can start investing in real estate full time.

I came to join BiggerPockets while trying to find more information about a deal I am looking at and a RE group that charges a hefty fee. Once I found the website I downloaded the BP podcast and I was hooked!

Have a good one everybody!

"If you can dream it, you can do it." –Walt Disney

[Diego A.]

Hi everybody!!! Thank you for the warm welcomes!!! I am so excited about BP that I haven't really sleep that much.

@Tod R. - Gig'em! I might not have an inside connection to JF but I can't wait to the start of the season!!! Nice to meet you!

@Elizabeth Colegrove - Nice to meet you! yeah the program is great when you are looking for grad school and love real estate!

@Levar Wilson - hi, thanks for the welcome. nice to meet you! B/CS is a great place to be right now it has a lot of potential.

@James Vermillion - very nice to meet you too! I notice there is a lot of info in this site and I can't wait to be a part of the community! I already prepare some questions that I have so I will be making some other post later (once I find the right place to post then haha)

@Brandon Turner - Thank you for the welcome. It is nice to meet. Thank you for all the email with instructions about BP, they were really helpful! Also, Happy Birthday! I saw it in one of the forums in my phone but I can't find it now. Anyways thanks a lot for the help!

@Mehran Kamari - Thank you for the welcome! I am also looking forward to future discussions! By the way it is definitely a great goal to have! I hope we can all reach it in the future!

It is great to be here!