I'm new to the group and excited to learn from the veterans and grow with other newbies.

Specifically, Knoxville - and most of East TN for that matter - has a growing but strongly middle income economy.

Looking forward to learning more about the industry to help myself grow in investing.

Rinse and repeat until I grow a good asset colum.

I've been learning a lot lately through Bigger Pocket's books, podcasts and forums and am looking to grow my portfolio to one day replace my salary with passive cash flow.

I was initially thinking I need to do cash, but the more I read, OPM sounds like a faster way to grow, if done right...am I correct?

I don't want to saddle my heir(s) with late night phone calls or any of those headaches, I just want them to have what I didn't have growing up or through my whole IT career: a better financial position.My $0.02...David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

My goal here is to continually learn about real estate investing, while expanding my network to grow our business. 

My dad is a small time investor and is growing by leaps and bounds, part of his growth is due to a project I found, and eventually presented to him, me making a $5000 finders fee in the process.

I have been investing for a couple of years now, and with all thanks to God, my business is growing, so I am looking to incorporate driven individuals into my business model to handle the increased workload.