Hello everybody, my name is Nathan Joens and I am a 19 year old Sophomore in college. I go to Iowa State University in Ames, Ia (which is a little ways North of Des Moines). I am studying Community and Regional Planning with aspirations of getting my Masters in Planning as well as my MBA in Real Estate (it is a dual program here). I am really just starting out in the whole world of investing in real estate. My grandpa has done quite a bit of real estate investing in his time, so I have been able to pick up a few bits and pieces of information here and there, but not much. My lack of knowledge inspired me to create the Real Estate Investment and Networking Club through Iowa State University in hopes that I could attract others that share my same passion to where we could bring in outside, or possibly inside resources to teach us as much as possible about real estate investing. This club is just starting out and I was hoping that I could gather some great ideas from all of you as to what I could do for some of my meetings. We will be funded some money through the university and I have obtained outside sponsorship and funding already for our club. My hope is to bring in speakers and create some sort of panel discussion every other week and then based on the knowledge or topic that is discussed perform a hands on activity related to that topic. I am looking forward to hearing some of your ideas.
I really hope that I am on the right track to starting off my life in real estate investing. My studies in school cover the big picture and I hope that my passion and drive to be successful in this work will help continue to drive my desire for all of the knowledge I can get my hands on in this work. Bigger Pockets is a great resource to help me out on my journey and I am looking forward to learning from each and every one of you.
Thank You!
-Nate
