Hello to the greatest real estate investment community in the world!

It seems to be easier to relate to people with similar backgrounds, so I'll tell you a little bit about mine. I'm 26 years old, and I recently left the military 2 years ago. I moved (ran in terror) from the high priced area of DC and Maryland to the comfort of San Antonio, Texas. I have since been working with a contracting company to provide cyber support to military operations. I've been heavily focusing on my degree in Cybersecurity and will be finishing it this July (2017), but to my surprise I believe I have found my calling and it is NOT Cybersecurity. 

Over the past 5 years I've always searched for investment opportunities, and I'm always looking for a great deal in everything. I have always found these deals by communicating with others that have similar interests and it has led me to this path. I have found that real estate is what I'm enjoying the most. I'm constantly reading, researching, growing, talking, and thinking real estate. I get excited every time the subject gets brought up, and I've met so many people trying to do the same thing.

I think about it some much that I've learned practically everything you can about the VA and FHA Loan, all the way up to the VA appraisers "rule book". I'm currently trying to purchase a multi-family home in this extremely competitive market. I do not own any properties yet, but I do have a plan to have at least 10 in the next 5 years. After I move out of my money hole (apartment complex), I will put funds to the side to start a Direct Mail Campaign. As Danny Johnson referred to it in Episode 18, I'm hoping this gets me out of a cubicle that has no windows to the outside world.

Just like many of you, I'm tired of running the "Rat Race" and glad that I'm discovering this now more than later. With finding this community, and the things that I have learned in such a short period of time, I feel like I have a whole new prospective on everything around me. I look forward to growing my knowledge with this community, and to return the favors wherever and when ever I can. 

Until next time, 

Michael "Mike" Glatter