Hello BiggerPockets Community and fellow Real Estate Addicts! 

My name is Jonathan Abbott. I am a recent college graduate in finance and economics (yay for a piece of paper) and reside in the good ole state of North Carolina. Since graduation in May, a corona-graduate, I was "lucky" enough to land a very well paying job here around the Raleigh-Durham area. Over the past few months, all of my worst fears and expectations of the day-to-day grind have proven true. But before I get to that I want to tell you all about myself and my purpose here on the BiggerPockets forums.

Real Estate has always been a passion of mine. My father, back in the 08 crash, saw an opportunity in real estate and begun building his business from the ground up. In doing so, he allowed me to watch, help, and learn from his mistakes, achievements, and see the overall outcome over the past 12-ish years. Today he has a nicely sized portfolio of high cash flow SFR's and still enjoys the occasional flip on the side. For me, witnessing this sparked a kind of entrepreneurship bug inside of me, molding me into becoming a passive income hungry individual. But what did I do? I went to college. And what does college teach you? How to work for your money, not take risk, and never make mistakes... Now I do not mean to devalue education, as it has opened my eyes to many concepts and helped me become a lifelong learner, but certain aspects about the process just do not resonate with me.

So now, after earning my degrees I did what any college graduate would do. I went out and got the 9-5 job and began climbing that corporate ladder. Two months in, I have realized that this strategy of success is simply not for me. The lack of control and inability to move up at the speed I desire just will not work. 

I guess that's enough of me blabbering on about how I came here today and time for me to explain my plans for the near future with both my BiggerPockets involvement and my future real estate endeavors. Over the past month I have started a marketing campaign in my area and am beginning to scale up to hit more people. I will be implementing wholesaling techniques as to acquire a portfolio of cash-flowing properties. Over the next few months I will be frequently updated this forum with my progress, what I've learned, and any deals that come across my desk. That being said I would also love to network with local real estate investors in the Raleigh area to learn more about the opportunities in this market. I implore any and all of you to post with your words of encouragement, wisdom, or simply to make a new connection. 

To close, I am excited to begin this journey and am even more excited to be able to share it with other like-minded individuals in hopes that I might build connections or even inspire others. 

Hello BiggerPockets and hello real estate investing! 

- Jonathan Abbott