Congratulations on taking the first step in your RE journey.

I wish you well in your journey to financial freedom.

My name is Mawa Keita and I just started my real estate journey in April 2016.

Glad to see you were able to get something start out your investing journey

BP is a great place to start your real estate journey.

I am very interested in getting started on this wonderful journey and look forward to networking with fellow BP member. 

If you live in Lima Ohio like Ben.. you probably don't need as much as if you live in Bay Area like Brian.. ( don't know were serge lives)... and we all have to work.... at something .But those I know that are retired generally own everything free and clear.. and live off of surplus rental income or interest income.. then we all have the things we like to do.. if its just living in a home somewhere never eating out never travelling hoarding your money that's one thing.If you need a budget for travel.. bling for wife... credit card for wife.. school for kids or grandkids. etc etc... so it really depends as they say.I do see many on BP that have a quasi magic number that they can then quite their day job and that is 10k a month off of positive cash flow.... so for whatever that's worth...

.), and my next goal is to shadow someone during their journey.

I think the main thing is not to have questions to but to listen to the journey and thoughts on todays market.

Seems to me finding a seller that just inherited a property or who has fallen on hard times and can no longer afford a home in vacation land would be the way I would go in your shoes.Keep us updated on your journey.