New in Southwest Ohio

[MATT WARDEN]

Hello,

I am interested in getting into rental properties. I'm 23, recently graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH with degrees in Psychology and Systems Analysis, and currently work as a technology integration consultant for one of the Big 4.

(The 70 hour weeks done in 4 days and the "work hard, play hard" lifestyle are not exaggerated.)

I want to finance my investments with the income from my day job, and slowly transition to real estate investment full time (and I do mean full time). I get paid well. More importantly, I think, I am positioned very well for this endeavor because I have no real expenses myself. I have a corporate apartment that the firm pays for. My meals during the work week are more than covered by per diem. I have a company car. Et cetera. Cash flowing in, very little flowing out. To me, this equates to very low risk for RE investments, as I could always cover mortgage payments of vacancies as necessary.

My long term goal is to accrue properties that produce enough passive and active income that I can do RE full time and/or only do technology work only because I want to. (My short term goal is to con MikeOH into doing a full brain dump which I can then upload into my higher level cortex.)

I learned a lot of what I know about tech (the practical knowledge anyway) from online discussion lists and forums. I'm finding a similar source of info here at biggerpockets. Glad to have found this community!