Aspiring Investor from Northern NJ/NYC area

[Christopher Cordero]

Hi everyone,

I'm an aspiring investor living in Harrison, NJ, in the greater NYC area.  I originally grew up in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area, but for the past two years, I have been working as a software developer in lower Manhattan.

I have basically zero background in real estate, but I hope to learn a lot from this community -- enough for my wife and me to invest in one or more rental properties within the next two-to-three years that will give us a nicer return beyond our retirement mutual funds.  Judging from the first few pages of the beginner's guide, I think we're looking at possibly doing some buy and hold strategies on single family homes and duplex/triplex/quads, since we both love our jobs and aren't quite ready to jump into the real estate game full time.

The amount of information to read up on and understand is dizzying, and I have never so much as held a mortgage of my own.  Still, I'm glad that I found this BiggerPockets community, and I am excited to get to work demystifying the mystery around real estate investing (for me).

Cheers,

Chris