Newbie from Rockwall Texas
Hi, my name is Joel Sanders. I joined BP a few months ago but I just now got around to posting here. I've been listening to the BP podcast during my commute to work and have made it though show 88. I think in one of the podcasts they mentioned you should come introduce yourself (or did they mention it in all but one? I forget.) so here I am.
Listening to all the great strategies that people are using in the podcasts makes me change how I think I want to invest on a weekly basis. My general idea is to be a buy and hold investor and use some other strategy (like flipping) to generate the capital to buy the properties to hold.
I'm currently working on saving enough capital to have a 20% down payment + capital expenses so I can purchase my first property. The BP podcast has really helped me save because instead of playing the drinking game when Josh Dorkin or Brandon Turner say "awesome" or "cool" I stick a dollar in my savings fund. I almost have enough money to buy a private island now but I guess I'll go ahead and stick with the real estate investing idea.
From what I've hear BP seems to be a great community and I look forward to contributing. Thanks!
Joel