Realtor/Investor from Chicago

[Evan Thoma]

What's up BP! I'm super excited to say I'm a new member. After splurging on podcasts, webinars, youtube videos, and across the forums I'm looking forward to putting the pedal to the metal on my investing career. 

Since my graduation from the University of Iowa I've been an agent here in Chicago for a few months and the experience has been great. I grew up in the north suburbs so I didn't know the city too well when I started so I decided to drive for Uber on the side to learn all the streets and popular places. Having recently learned about driving for $$$ I can look back and say I actually got paid to do some of that driving :)

Now that I've been doing more real estate transactions (mostly rentals since I'm 23 and my sphere consists of mostly recent college grads) I've become quiet familiar with a few neighborhood rental markets including Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Streeterville, Old Town, Gold Coast, Bucktown/Wicker Park, Ravenswood, and Logan Square. 

My goals are to use my experience in real estate as an agent to help other investors. Personally, I'd like to have my first investment property in the next 6 months so I will be networking with anyone willing to lend a hand, or a dollar :) I plan on using my personal connections to find a majority of the money I'll need but I'm always open to offers.

Anyways, if you can't tell, I'm stoked to start being an active member of BP and I look forward to hearing from and meeting other active members!

[Jill DeWit]

Hello @Evan Thoma and welcome to Bigger Pockets. BP is a great place to be for real estate investing. BP not only has a great podcast and free online videos, it also provides free educational online courses and lets you post blogs while sharing ideas with other investors from around the world. You came to the right place and I wish you all the best.