Seeking BP’s Sage Investors to Share Life-Long Investing Lessons

[Melanie Stephens]

Hello BP Investors!

I am interested in interviewing some of BP’s longest-term, most experienced investors about what they would do differently, if they could do it all again, for my "Lessons Learned" column in BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.

I am looking for investors willing to reflect on their decades-long careers, and pull out one major lesson to share with those just getting started in real estate investing.

If you have this type of sage advice for new investors, please post a few short details here on the forum, DM me on BP, or email me directly at melanie @ biggerpockets.com.

If it looks like it could work for the magazine, I’ll contact you for more information and then possibly a more in-depth interview.

Thank you in advance for your responses, and I look forward to hearing your sage advice!

Melanie

[Brad Jacobson]

Hi Melanie,

I wouldn't consider myself a "sage" as I've only been investing for about six years and been actively engaged with BP for that same amount of time.

However, if considered for a "lessons learned" column, I would definitely speak to the biggest lesson I've ever learned in investing, "don't wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait."  

I laugh at my 2016-2017 self thinking I was "buying the top" of the market and deeply regret past hesitancies!  I would love to visit my old self and give myself the confidence that everything will work out and to pull the trigger on several more opportunities that were presented to me that I passed by.  I let small issues like not knowing how to get a business license or properly create a lease stop me at times.  

Though I am doing well now with a portfolio of six properties, I believe I could have double that had I been able to give my old self more confidence that everything will work out and to just buy more real estate!