Hi everyone! I am Guus

[Guus B.]

Hi everyone!

I am Guus from the Netherlands. 20 years old, newbie. I am still studying at a university. Have been reading a few books which really got me obsessed/interested in investing. When I was googling for investment and real estate books I stumbled upon this forum and it looked nice for networking and information sharing. So here i am.

I hope to meet people here who may wanna meet up IRL in the netherlands so we can learn from each other and give each other tips.

My #1 lifegoal is to become financially free and from that point on keep growing my wealth. I want to be financially free when I'm 30.

I want to make my first good investment within three years. First study on the subject of investing.

Greetings,

Guus

[Thierry Van Roy]

Hah, well... the high rent in Amsterdam is also because of the high property prices. A'dam leaves all other Dutch markets behind in this sense. If Brussels is any comparison (I invest in Belgium and The Netherlands), you should keep track of where the city is expanding to. They can't keep places like Bijlmer deteriorating indefinitely.

Be sure to read up in here. I also recommend "Onroerend Goed als Belegging" from the Amsterdam School of Real Estate (you might get it at a student's discount? Perhaps even credits for some of their classes?). If you want something with a little more fluff (you're using a lot of Kiyosaki vocabulary there ;-) ), go for The Millionaire Real Estate Investor. The second part of the book is a very nice summary of all there is to real estate investing.

One more pro-tip you won't get anywhere else:

The Dutch REI market is an Old Boys Club. Very different from Belgium, where everything goes through listing sites. I was recently asked to join the regional board of VastgoedBelang, they liked the fact I'm a youngling. Joining VastgoedBelang is the only way to network with private investors and many intend to unload some inventory during the coming years.