Another New Guy

[Keith Evans]

Hey everyone, I signed up this morning and have been taking time to read around the forums and get a feel for the place. I figured I should take a minute and tell you who I am before I jump in asking questions that have already been answered a thousand times. I promise to do my due diligence searching topics before creating my own.

So, about me. I am a 25 year old happily married man living just north of Houston in the city of Conroe (on the northside of The Woodlands for those of you who know the area). I am in law enforcement, more specifically I am a District Parole Officer working a specialized caseload of sex offenders and I am our gang intel officer for our office as well, and my wife is a high school teacher, needless to say we don't make a lot of money. We have two beautiful children, our son is 3.5 and our daughter is 1.5. Despite our income we are very involved in our finances and, in my opinion, do a great job managing our money. We own a great starter home that is our only debt. I have been interested in real estate since my early teens, specifically wanting to be a landlord (or slumlord, at least I'm honest). My father owns a Houston home inspection company called Homecert and my brother is a Captain in the Air Force. My brother would be willing to join me in a Series LLC and has the capital to be a good partner if I decide to go that route, however I would prefer it just be my wife and I for the moment. I will save my strategy for my next thread as I plan to ask for the opinions of the community but that's a little bit about us. Anything else you would like to know please feel free to ask.