What 2021 accomplishments are you proud of?

Rental Property Investor · Norman, OK · Member since 2018 · 158 posts · 529 votes

Another chance to be featured in the next issue of BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine! In 50 words or less, let us know: What 2021 accomplishment are you most proud of? It can be real estate-related or anything else that you're proud of.

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Andrew FreedBusiness Member

Investor · Worcester, MA · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes

By end of 2021, I went from 1 primary residence to 8 units all funded with a HELOC. I house-hacked a three family in January 2021, purchased into a syndication in April 2021, and closed on the three family across the road off market. Only spent $30K out of pocket.

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Casey Caton
Investor · Member since 2017 · 69 posts · 65 votes
4y
@Kaylee Walterbach I would have to say buying an empty 7 bedroom assisted living facility and turning it into my primary residence, furnishing it, and renting two bedrooms month to month, and AirBnB'ing the remaining four bedrooms while working a full time job. I was pleasantly shocked by our numbers for October, $6,500! Our mortgage is only 2.3K, and we manage it ourselves. It has far exceeded my expectations, and I am excited to do some more!
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Lalit R.
Rental Property Investor · Toronto, ON · Member since 2017 · 61 posts · 16 votes
4y
Bought 4 SFRs along term and 2 SFRs short term this summer. All of these are in Ontario, Canada. Really excited about the Short term lake houses as these are our first short terms. Feel excited about these since I wanted to deploy cash this year locking in great rates and will hold them for next 5-10 yrs at the least.
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Jim K.
Handyman · Pittsburgh, PA · Member since 2018 · 5k+ posts · 13k+ votes
4y
I got a deadbeat tenant out without having to evict him during the COVID-19 moratorium. Part of it was luck, some of it was wise choices.
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Jordan MoorheadBusiness Member
Real Estate Agent · Austin, TX · Member since 2015 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
4y
Buying my 4th househack in Austin and buying 11 houses in Louisville with my partner!
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Taylor L.
Rental Property Investor · RVA · Member since 2016 · 5k+ posts · 4k+ votes
4y
Getting engaged to my favorite person :)
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Sarath D.
New to Real Estate · Cary, NC · Member since 2015 · 19 posts · 10 votes
4y
Great post and equally great responses so far. I started 2021 by closing on my primary home. Did a cash out refi on my two rentals in colorado and bought a town home with that money in NC. Closing on it November. Signed contract to buy another townhome. That will close in feb next year.
Very happy with how 2021 turned out so far.
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Joe S.Pro Member
Investor · San Antonio · Member since 2020 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
4y
Celebrated 20 years of marriage to the same woman. All of my family recovered from Covid. Did not give up on my faith. O yeah I bought a number of houses.
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Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
4y
Trickle down effect.. we built and sold about 40 homes in 3 states. for total gross sales of roughly 30 million.
that's 30 million that got spread throughout the economy. In addition we funded another 10 million for investors who BRRRR or buy Turnkey so we help those vendors contractors and give tenants a new rehabbed home to live in. . When I ponder how many lives we effect when we do these projects I feel proud that we can do this..

But to Cap off 2021 BP made aheroshome.com the Charity of BPCON and BP members stepped up and we raised well over 100k for our charity at that event.. Totally humbled by our fellow BP members supporting our mission to give that home away to a Hero.

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Real Estate Agent · Salt Lake City, UT · Member since 2017 · 27 posts · 17 votes
4y
@Kaylee Walterbach I'm proud that I moved to Salt Lake City Utah and got my real estate license, joined one of the best teams in the state and I'm beginning to build my business as well as the groundwork for my future investment portfolio!
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Steve Miklashevskiy
Real Estate Agent · Hillsdale, NJ · Member since 2020 · 87 posts · 39 votes
4y
@Kaylee Walterbach left the corporate world and jumped into a new career as a real estate agent and never looked back
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Bhekizwe M.
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 253 votes
4y
Made numerous cold calls
Made appeals for private money
i made two offers so far
Have read numerous real estate books and listened to podcasts
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Shariyf Lyons
Flipper/Rehabber · FL · Member since 2017 · 19 posts · 8 votes
4y
After 4 years of being off and on with REI this became my year. I finish renovating my first property which was out of state and even though everything that could go wrong went wrong I embraced it as a lesson and kept pushing. A month ago I closed on 3 mores properties where I'm located in North Jersey and I'm beginning renovations this week. Once this is completed I will start a new construction project on one of my lots. As I continue to grow and learn I know my accomplishments each year will only get better with time. I want to Thank You all BP family for constantly giving me that push to know it'd possible. Let's finish out this year strong so 2022 we will be able to accomplish more.
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Fort Collins, CO · Member since 2017 · 110 posts · 69 votes
4y
Oh man where to start
- Got engaged
- Got a new job with a significant pay bump and way more time off
- Refinanced my primary residence and shaved over 250 off the monthly overhead
- Ran my first marathon, and through the mountains of Steamboat, Colorado at that
- Rescued a puppy
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Reggie Desir
Rental Property Investor · Boston, MA · Member since 2020 · 34 posts · 53 votes
4y
@Kaylee Walterbach
Started a company and bought my first rental property with my wife/business partner.
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Peter Shafik
Member since 2018 · 65 posts · 25 votes
4y
Started working for a real estate investment company with a good buddy of mine, and after 2 years of studying the topic, got my first deal in Athens, AL! It was 2 duplexes and our company held onto it to flip and hold. Boosted my confidence quite a bit!
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John R Marshall
Contractor · Metro west · Member since 2021 · 2 posts · 1 vote
4y
2021 has been a challenging for personals reasons and from a company stand point. Covid has been a game changer it threw us all for a curve ball. Construction stopped for a little bit, Material cost went up at an all time high, Material delays, Despite all of this I cant be any more proud of what my construction team did this year we overcame adversity and still accomplished what we set fourth to do. That was being more efficient when we are building and renovating and that looking ahead 2 months out to avoid delays. We acquired of 1st property and flipped it in a 2 month renovation that comes out on the market next month, about to purchase another house to flip, and acquiring a piece of land in the cape to develop a town home complex. I'm proud of what we have accomplished thus far in 2021
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Austin Johnson
Investor · Jefferson City, MO · Member since 2020 · 192 posts · 178 votes
4y
After literal years of studying, I pulled the trigger and bought my first house. a live in BRRRR. I also leveraged my years of studying REI through BP and interviewed for a local government commercial appraiser position. AND. I. GOT. IT.
Now I'm studying Apartment syndication (as well as appraising obviously!) and all the avenues to expand outside of SFH.
BP has been instrumental in my purchase as well as my new career!
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Bill Goodland
Rental Property Investor · Allentown PA, United States · Member since 2016 · 567 posts · 442 votes
4y
I got my 10th unit under contract in my second full year of investing. Once this closes I will own 1 million dollars are real estate. I closed 3 transactions for clients in my first year as a real estate agent while working a full-time job.
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Nolan Gottlieb
Investor · Member since 2020 · 39 posts · 30 votes
4y
I went from 0 units to 19 units in 2021!!! I had a double lung transplant in 2018 and went from the verge of death to living an exciting, fulfilling career in real estate. After a career in education, I jumped in as a real estate agent and started investing shortly after. Now my wife can stop teaching and come join me in RE!!!
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Manrup Sandhu
Member since 2021 · 2 posts · 1 vote
4y
For me personally, I've been consistently keeping a daily log of everything I get done. It helps you keep track of where your time is being dedicated on a daily basis. I further had a weight loss goal and have achieved that a few weeks ago. My next goal is to get my first rental by the end of the year!!
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Chris Pasternak
Real Estate Broker · Pueblo, CO · Member since 2013 · 368 posts · 303 votes
4y
*Our first daughter was born in February.

*Selected as 1 of 7 members of the city planning and zoning commission.

*Teaching personal finance to a class of 17 home school children.

*Selling my first rental for a nice profit.
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Karl B.
Rental Property Investor · Erie, PA · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes
4y
Before year's end I'll have doubled my amount of doors.
I'm also proud all my tenants paid on time for all of 2021.
Finally, I've decided to move back to my main market, Erie, PA, so I can be there to scoop up more deals as they become available; I lost out on way too many deals by not being there to quickly view properties and that has to change.
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Allen Bargielski
Member since 2020 · 5 posts · 6 votes
4y
I started the year with 8 units with a goal to buy 5 more properties. My wife and I just closed on the 4th property for a total of 23 units! I am searching for the last one to hit our yearly goal and can't imagine what will happen next year.
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Carl Hebert
Rental Property Investor · Auburn, ME · Member since 2015 · 236 posts · 140 votes
4y
It is great to read all the achievements people have had this year!

Bought my 7th investment property (4 unit)(22 units total now) here in Lewiston, Maine with the business and nothing from personal. First purchase that I was able to do that.
Also all repairs and capital improvements came strickly from the business again this year.
As a bonus I was able to return some of that early investment money back in a steady monthly transfer each month!
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Harrison Smith
Real Estate Agent · Biddeford, ME · Member since 2017 · 213 posts · 150 votes
4y
I left my corporate job and jumped into real estate full time. I partnered with a long time friend and fellow agent to take our existing real estate team into two new states while also closing in on becoming the top team overall in our home state. I bought 3 properties this year and am looking at deals consistently so that I can continue to grow that number. I am in control of my time, my energy, and my income and its been the most liberating feeling of my entire life.
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