New investor from Austin, Tx

[Laura Robertson]

Hello BiggerPockets!

I'm a beginner, 25 years old and living in Austin, Tx. I've been lurking: reading the forums, blogs, and listening to podcasts for a few months now and have finally mustered up the courage to introduce myself.

In the past couple of weeks I've partnered up with another new investor and we are bird dogging for a couple of reputable local investors. We just completed our first round of door knocking the foreclosure list. We knocked on >50 doors, talked to about 10-15 people. We had one strong lead, which unfortunately doesn't look like it's going to pan out. All in all it was a good experience and I'm still driven to keep up the marketing. It looks like this next time around we're going to tighten down our marketing area and expand our strategies.

My biggest personal/business goal is to get past my shyness (my partner has done most of the speaking). My july goal: get at least one bird dog deal done and start learning how to do these deals! I'm looking forward to learning more by doing and getting feedback from our mentors and the BiggerPockets community along the way!

Cheers!