All Forum Posts by: Ryan Kunzmann

Hello everyone!

This will probably be a long one so buckle up. A little about me, I'm 29 years old, a former Marine(Sergeant, Linguist and Signals Analyst), currently live in NYC but consider Pittsburgh, PA home. I have 5 siblings and a niece(and another on the way). I recently came into a windfall which I am looking to turn into generational wealth for my family as well as pay for my Mothers living expenses and younger siblings college.

I've been interested in RE investing for a long time but never got too serious with it. I think Rich Dad, Poor Dad is the book that got me started on it back when I was about 19 or 20, so it's been a long time coming. My current work also has me in close contact with a lot of developers and property managers in NYC so I've been able to glean a lot of wisdom that way. If you're a property manager in NYC we may have exchanged emails or talked on the phone before!

I have a lot of family and resources in Pittsburgh already and the lower prices there are a lot less intimidating to me than here in NYC. I already travel back and forth there at least once a month so it seems like a good jumping off point for my RE career. I mainly looking to get into BRRRR properties or just buy and hold rentals for now but definitely would like to get into flipping once I'm able to move back to Pittsburgh. I've also considered looking into becoming a private lender but I feel I should experience the RE game myself before I start lending money out to others.

I've been researching heavily, pounding through 1-2 podcasts a day and am in the process of finding a lawyer, accountant, agent and any other people I may need in my RE journey. I'm looking to purchase my first property by the end of January and would like to have a minimum of 6 homes by the end of 2018 but I'm really aiming for 10 in my first year.

If anyone is in NYC or Pittsburgh and would like to chat I'm always happy to have a coffee(or beer or whiskey). Otherwise, I'm always open to adding more colleagues and chatting here on BP, even if it's not RE related, connections are connections!

I always start out checking the county sites, first the assessment site then I check for deeds and mortgages. If you can't get a name from that then try doing a reverse address search on TruePeopleSearch(it's free). If you get names off the country sites you can usually get some numbers off of TruePeopleSearch and you might get lucky and get their current number or you might get a relatives number.

Hey Patrick,

I also live in the NYC area(Brooklyn) and am just getting started out. The prices here are not too my liking so I'll be starting out investing in Pittsburgh. I used to live there and have a lot of family there, so I know the area pretty well. Since you used to play for the Pirates you may know the area as well, might be something to consider. Could be a good area to start out on the cheaper side and learn some lessons without putting too much capital up. It's not too far from NYC either so weekend trips are possible. If you want to discuss the market in Pittsburgh or anything just hit me up.