A novice in real estate investment from Connecticut

[Edward Yao]

Hi,

This is Edward Yao from Hartford area in Connecticut. I am an actuary currently working in an institutional investment management company. Although I have been working in financial services industry many years, I am a beginner in real estate investment. 

I got interested in this business quite a while ago but never really started. Due to a personal situation, I started to think seriously last year. I have accumulated some cash that has been sitting in the bank, so I used it to buy two apartments as rental properties. I have an agent helping me but so far there has not been much progress. That is the immediate problem I want to solve. 

A few weeks ago, I got a post card from my mail for a real estate investment seminar. I went to the seminar, which raised my interest tremendously. I am a single dad with three kids. I have always wanted to spend more time with my family. So I have an idea of using real estate investment to retire myself from my current job. I came across BiggerPockets from online research and so here I am.

 Certainly I  want to network and find good partners, leads to good deals, knowledge and advice for me to avoid mistakes, and so on. Lastly but not least, I would like to get more friends as well who have common interest.

Thanks.

Ed

[Michael Noto]

Welcome to BP @Edward Yao

Always great seeing others from the local area in Connecticut on the forums. 

Feel free to reach out anytime if you have any questions about our local market or real estate investing in general.