New to the forum from Long Island, NY

[Thomas B.]

Good afternoon.  I signed up and have been reading here a while.

I’m in NY on Long Island. I started investing a few years ago almost by accident. I bought a two family property a few years ago as a rent in one house, live in the other situation to help with the bills. Since then I stumbled upon a single family deal too good to pass up. Though I had no real desire to start real estate investing I rarely let a deal pass me by and bought it. I’ve since bought another property as my primary residence and moved out of and rented the two family. So I’ve become a defacto real estate investor on top of my full time plumbing jobs. 

I’m here mostly just to read and gather information. Maybe get some insight on issues I run into from those with more experience then me as well.  Now that I have a few places I’m more interested in investing and may be expanding in the future. Right now I have a major renovation looming and need to get through that first.