@Jay Hinrichs would love to pick your brain on this.

We would love to network and talk with other Flip Investors, BRRRR Investors, and Lenders in the Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin area and all real estate investors as well. 

Your job, your savings, sounds like you have a supportive dad, you live in a place you evidently love, you’ve had exposure to the business.

I am hoping to build a real estate portfolio while active duty and would love to connect with you!

As much as I'd love to rehab the properties to boost the ARV (which was the initial goal), funds are tight right now to do that so as-is is the way for me to go.Absolutely.

But would love to hear some of your Advice and / or Experience anyone has had as they've gone down this investing journey!

It is quite the adjustment, but I LOVE IT HERE. 

I’d love to connect with experienced landlords and investors who can share advice on getting started, selecting properties, and navigating the Section 8 process.

Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

If I can help with questions, would love to hear what you’re focused on or planning!