All Forum Posts by: Mark Smith

Thank you @Allen C.! I'll get that podcast fired up. Glad to hear I'm not in a saturated market!

That's awesome @Paul Mendel!  I'm doing as much research as I can right now to see what it takes to get started.  I want to be sure I can start doing it all while I work full time.  I have "busy season" from January through April when I work about 60 hours a week.  I guess I'm concerned about being needed by tenants when I'm already working so much.  I know my parents would back me up if I need help, but it's certainly something I'm thinking about.

Thank you @Mark Nolan! I have been doing a lot of reading and will be sure to really examine all of the sections of Bigger Pockets!

Thank you @James Wise, I'm excited to get started!

Pretty much a copy and paste from my profile, but I would like to introduce myself!

My name is Mark, I am 25 years old and extremely new to the idea of investing in real estate.  The idea came about when my parents suggested purchasing a two family when I am ready to buy a house so I would have an additional source of income.

I graduated from the University at Albany in May of 2014 with a Forensic Accounting MS Degree, and currently work in financial services (i.e. corporate financial statement audits and many other financial services).  As I just graduated and started working a year ago and have just begun experiencing the stranglehold of student loan payments, I still live with mom and dad...hopefully this will change shortly.

When my parents first suggested the idea of a two family I wasn't overly impressed with the thought, but as I have done some reading I have only gotten more and more excited about the idea of investing in rental properties.  I think if I could get started now at such a young age then it is possible for me to really go somewhere, and that is a huge motivation for me.  This even has me thinking "wow, maybe in 10 years I can quit my job and have a great income from real estate."

I want to learn as much as I can as quickly as I can, and I'm really looking forward to meeting and talking with other investors.  Please feel free to say hi!  I would love to talk!