My 10 year goal

Back in May, I was researching a question about buying a residence when I stumbled upon BiggerPockets. It had never occurred to me that I could ever become an "investor" but once I got hooked on to BP, I was very excited because I knew that here was the blueprint for a path towards financial security. I felt like the guy who discovered gold in California.

So now I'm planning to acquire rental properties out of state where I can get a much better ROI than Orange County (where the median home price is >$500k and positive cash flow is nonexistent). Initially I had a goal of 5 houses in the next 10 years. Now I feel confident that 10 properties in 10 years is achievable. Is that laughable or what? Here I am with not a single deal under my belt but just a ton of determination. I know I will succeed. I'm super motivated because of my kids, one of whom has special needs and for whom I need to provide for the rest of his life!

I wrote this post really for myself to mark the start of my journey in REI and to keep me accountable to working towards this goal.

Thank you Josh for creating BP and thanks to the entire BP community for the inspiration to shoot for the stars; and blazing the trail for newbies to achieve financial freedom.