Hi De Ho, Neighbors? - Sacramento, CA

[Matthew Hancsarik]

Well, here I am introducing myself to the Bigger Pockets community. I am taking action as I have heard on several of the podcasts. I wish I could remember which one, so I could give proper credit, but since I have listened to so many of them who knows. They say the memory is the first thing...wait, what was I saying?

I currently reside in Sacramento, CA with my wife an four kids. I work in construction contract management for the Government.

So, you are probably wondering how I got here and what are my goals? I keep asking myself the same question. I stumbled onto Bigger Pockets probably about a year ago and added it to my Bookmarks but didn't really do anything with it until recently when I finished reading "The One Thing" by Gary Keller of Keller Williams fame. That book got me thinking again about real estate since I have read or listened to several of his other books including "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor". I decided to get back into reading about real estate and "BAM" there in my Bookmarks was none other than Bigger Pockets. I jumped onto the site and found several blog posts that intrigued me. Then I found the podcasts, they are like ear candy! The recommendation to take action finally got through and so this is my first step.

I would like to achieve a level of financial freedom, I am not greedy but I think a billion ought to do it. ;-) I would really like to have the ability to leave my job and work for myself and decide my own schedule. I just can't stand the fact that working a J-O-B sets all these restrictions that are unnecessary like I have to be in the office from 8-5 even though I can finish my work in about four or five hours. It's sheer madness.

I don't have a defined plan to get there but I am considering doing multifamily perhaps on a buy-fix-hold basis. I am thinking of focusing on properties that are between 5-20 units each with occasional gusts up to 50 units. Long term I would like to have a multifaceted business that allows me to do flips, holds, wholesale and maybe even property management.

All in all I am very impressed with this site, the blogs, the podcasts, really everything. It has been very helpful. I hope I can be a contributing member of this community which by the way is one of the first ones on which I have done anything like this. I have Facebook and LinkedIn accounts but have not used them that much. I will make the effort here and would like to make some connections to help me on this journey.

[Sarah B.]

Welcome @Matthew Hancsarik, Sacramento neighbor! I am also located in Sacramento and currently invest full time flipping single family homes. In addition to being an investor, I am also a licensed Realtor hanging my license with KW. I am in the process of reading The One Thing and it's an awesome book so far! A great book to pick up for any investor out there.

I look forward to seeing your updates on how your investing adventures are going!

If you ever want to chat, feel free to contact me.