All Forum Posts by: Jason Tinder

Mathew Wray - Keep me posted on when everyone's meeting up. I definitely have interest to attend. And if you're the organizer of the meet up, thanks in advance!

Wow, very cool to see that there's a little group of Oregonians on here. I'll look forward to staying connected w/ you guys. If the return is right and risk handled correctly, I'm open to investing anywhere, and my hometown certainly isn't ruled out.

Jeremiah B. - Which market are you looking at. I'm curious how you're picking, as that's just what I'm looking into now.

Heidi Rogers - I checked out your profile and saw you were picking up a 4-plex. Nicely done! I'll be interested to hear how it turns out.

Hey everyone, I'm new to the site and getting serious about making my first move in real estate soon. I've done the saving and am ready to make move soon. I know a lot of people say it's best to invest in your backyard, but Portland seems like a tough market to find cash-flowing properties. My goal is to invest for the long-term, and I'd like to start with multi-family properties, if possible. I'm 31 now, and I want to set up a nice passive income for my retirement.

Since my goal is to buy and hold, and since my research so far tells me its tough to start in my market, I'll probably be looking into other markets. I know that's a risky thing to do, since I can't drive by and see the property, but investing locally with a lower return is also pretty risky, I figure. My thought is that I would likely take on less risk by investing in a market where returns are higher than by investing in my own market where returns are lower. I'm going to have to learn a bit about how to utilize technology and network with others to minimize the distance risk.

I'll be interested in finding other people that have pursued this kind of strategy and have been successful.

Just curious how you found the fourplex while living out of town. Did your partners do that for you? I've read a lot of good things about investing in Texas, and I really do think that multi-families are a great way to start. It's the way I'd like to get started pretty soon.