New Member North Florida

[Tom Scott]

Hello all. My name is Tom and I just joined the site this afternoon. I've been listening to the podcast for a few months now and decided to bite the bullet and begin the journey. I live in a small town near Gainesville, Fl. with my wife and 2 sons. I've been interested in real estate for a while now but have been too busy working towards the typical nine to five job to really pursue it. Well, as usual, I have discovered the "regular job" isn't really what I want. So I am now on a mission to build an investment portfolio that will hopefully one day provide me with the ability to spend more time with the kids and less time in an office. I'm currently a project engineer for one of the local electrical utilities so I am no stranger to construction and project type work. Though I've done no traditional investing in real estate, I did make a tidy profit on the house I lived in in college and supervised the construction of our current home a few years ago. Over all, I'd like to think I have a pretty good grasp of how real estate works, but as always the devil is in the details. I'm here to find that devil and see if I can't make him work for me. The end game is a sizable investment portfolio that will generate a passive income stream with minimal work on my part but I would also like to try my hand at flipping a house here and there, as I have always enjoyed a project from time to time. I must admit I am a bit pensive about networking through this forum (I am a frequenter of forums, but typically remain pretty anonymous) but I'm going to give it a shot as the podcast interviews seem to be pretty open and legit. I look forward to learning from you all and perhaps I can contribute something at some point.

Tom