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1. đ Where youâre based + where you (hope to) invest
2. đŤ What your goals are with joining BiggerPockets (e.g. buy my first house hack)
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Quote from @Louis Pacheco:
Hello BiggerPockets community. Iâm Louis from Arkansas and Iâm 21 years old. I currently work in a factory and plan on investing 30k I have saved up in my local real estate market to help my grandparents and myself. Iâve been listening to the podcast for 2-3 hours a day for the past few weeks and plan on using the knowledge Iâve gained to buy my first property within a year. Itâs a pleasure to be in such an amazing and wonderful community and canât wait for the future holds for me.
Hey @Louis Pacheco! Welcome to the forums! There is a ton of information here to answer any questions you might have. I'm an investor/agent in Arkansas so feel free to reach out if you have any questions or just want to discuss the market in general!
Hello BP Community,
I am based out of Los Angeles CA and Iâm looking to invest in the West or Mid-West regions.
My goal in joining BP is to connect and learn with the experts in this community so that I can invest in multi-family homes.
Fun fact about me- I moved out to CA last year from NJ!
Canât wait to connect with everyone here!
Hello Everyone!
1. đ I am based in Orlando FL and hoping to start locally but expand into other states as I get more experience.
2. đŤ I'm looking to buy and hold rental properties long term.
3. 𤪠I enjoy riding my electric unicycle.
Quote from @Liam Egan:
Hello Everyone!
1. đ I am based in Orlando FL and hoping to start locally but expand into other states as I get more experience.
2. đŤ I'm looking to buy and hold rental properties long term.
3. 𤪠I enjoy riding my electric unicycle.
Welcome Liam! There is a great investor community here in Orlando with several meetups. I suggest you get connected and start networking locally as you begin to build your portfolio.
Hello BP fam!
1. I'm based in Anchorage AK and hope to invest initially here locally. I also have a brother who's flipped a few houses in Lynchburg VA who I've talked to about going in on a project together.
2. My goals are to turn my financial ship around and steer myself to financial freedom. I want to retire from clinical dentisty at 40 years old. That gives me 11 years to kill it! I've already got a plan that scares me.
3. I love biohacking and facilitating healing ceremonies. Mushrooms, breathwork, Ice baths, movement, etc. Something I'm actually holding with curiosity and compassion is how to be authentic to my values and beleifs and pursue wealth. I believe the system is broken, and I'm not entirely sure how comfortable I am exploiting it.
Hi @Soren Loftus, you mention that the system is broken, what does that mean to you? I am curious.
Quote from @Chris Webb:That depends how deep you want to go đ. Surface level.. eternal growth and expansion doesnât serve humans or the earth well. Weâre all suffering from chronic overstimulation and disconnection. This state of anxiety and inflammation has just become our normal. The education, food, tech, medical and financial systems are designed to keep people poor, dumb and numb so they make good worker bees and are easy to control.
Hi @Soren Loftus, you mention that the system is broken, what does that mean to you? I am curious.
Real estate investing combined with business ownership is honestly the best method I can see for rebelling and escaping that rat race and creating freedom for not only myself but also for my future grandkids. The other option that an increasing number of people are taking is simply opting out. Leaving their tech jobs to start community homesteads. Thatâs tempting and Iâve thought about it, but I have 550k in debt right now so I need to go deeper into the system first in order to break free of it. Also, I donât actually desire to go full on homestead đ
Maybe thatâs a little too much honesty here though ha đ¤ˇđźââď¸