Hi all! Excited for this new adventure into REI!

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Hi all! My name is Charity Miller. I am from the Houston area. I currently work full-time, raising 2 kids with my husband, with the dream that I can quit my job one day and take control of my time and future. Just starting my journey with REI and looking forward to building my network of other investors, agents and lenders. Hoping to get my first property under my belt in the next 90 days.

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Daniel TanasaBusiness Member

Realtor · Houston, TX · Member since 2019 · 351 posts · 174 votes

Hey Charity,

Congrats for starting the Real Estate journey, you came to the right place. I am a full time real estate investor and realtor and I started my journey through this forums as well.

I can help you with referrals for Lenders or contractors or any other proffesional in the industry. Feel free to reach out.

Good luck!

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Marlon FongPro Member
BiggerPockets Support · Bridge City, TX · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 367 votes
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Welcome to the site @Charity C Miller! It's great to have you here.

Here are some recommendations for you:

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Wishing you the best!
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Simran Rihal
Investor · Houston, TX · Member since 2022 · 15 posts · 5 votes
2y
Hi Charity, I am eager to start on my BRRR journey too. Perhaps we can connect. Wish you ALL the best in your new venture!
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Simran Rihal
Investor · Houston, TX · Member since 2022 · 15 posts · 5 votes
2y
Quote from @Marlon Fong:

Welcome to the site @Charity C Miller! It's great to have you here.

Here are some recommendations for you:

Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/m...

Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/a...

Read Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/r...

Check out BP Money Podcast: https://www.biggerpockets.com/..

Wishing you the best!

Hey Marlon, that first link you posted, when one goes to it, it pulls up anyone with "Houston" in their name. How can we narrow down a search according to a geographical area?

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Nadeem Alamgir
Real Estate Agent · Member since 2023 · 831 posts · 577 votes
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Welcome to BP Charity. Good luck in your journey and hope you get something under contract in the next month!
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Daniel J Dominguez
Investor · Houston, TX · Member since 2017 · 71 posts · 38 votes
2y
Welcome to the RollerCoaster we call Real Estate!
I know your just starting out and that is exciting. This is not a "get-rich-quick" scheme. It will take time to learn and understand how to have your money make money but i guarantee You will look back 10, 20, 30 years from now and be grateful that you got into Real Estate.
I highly recommend that you get clear on these things:
1. How you find and look at deals?
2. How will you analyze deals?
3. What your exit strategy will be?
4. How will you fund it?
5. Who can help you?
If you have any questions, i would love to help. lets connect
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Phil AveryPro Member
Investor · Houston, TX · Member since 2023 · 79 posts · 47 votes
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Quote from @Charity C Miller:

Hi all! My name is Charity Miller. I am from the Houston area. I currently work full-time, raising 2 kids with my husband, with the dream that I can quit my job one day and take control of my time and future. Just starting my journey with REI and looking forward to building my network of other investors, agents and lenders. Hoping to get my first property under my belt in the next 90 days.

Hey Charity! Congrats on taking the leap into REI! I'd love to connect and exchange resources/ideas in the future. Also if you need an extra set of eyes or a second opinion on a deal, feel free to reach out. I work full-time as a CFO, but I'm also a Realtor@ with aspirations of becoming a full-time investor. Looking forward to connecting!
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Daniel TanasaBusiness Member
Realtor · Houston, TX · Member since 2019 · 351 posts · 174 votes
2y
Hey Charity,
Congrats for starting the Real Estate journey, you came to the right place. I am a full time real estate investor and realtor and I started my journey through this forums as well.
I can help you with referrals for Lenders or contractors or any other proffesional in the industry. Feel free to reach out.
Good luck!
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Chris Kersey
Real Estate Agent · Houston, TX · Member since 2022 · 135 posts · 84 votes
2y
Hey @Charity C Miller
Welcome to BP and way to go on making the decision to pursue RE investing and taking back your time! There are a ton of great people and resources on here that are willing to help with questions you may have so post them up!
I like to start with the end goal in mind: What do you want this to look like in 10,20 and 30 years from now? How much monthly rental income are you shooting for?
I would suggest to listen to the BP podcasts and read as much as possible online and here in the forum.
I'm a Houston real estate agent, investor and developer. Feel free to connect and reach out with any questions.
- Chris Kersey

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Daniel J Dominguez
Investor · Houston, TX · Member since 2017 · 71 posts · 38 votes
2y
Good day
If you need help getting funds to purchase these deals, lets connect!
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Manny VasquezBusiness Member
Real Estate Agent · Orange County · Member since 2022 · 318 posts · 293 votes
2y
Charity - Welcome to the BP community! This is the best place for all things real estate related. This is what I recommend for you to get started in your real estate journey:

1. Start saving as much as you can. Depending how much you earn you can step up those savings by getting a side-hustle in any part of real estate....working for a top Real Estate office on weeknights and weekends, working for an RE Investor, working for a General Contractor and learning a few skills, etc. This way you can ramp up your savings AND learn some RE skills.

2. Read as many RE books as you can get your hands on. Here are a few I recommend: "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Roberto Kiyosaki; "Set for Life" by Scott Trench; "The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing" by Spencer; "The BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide" found here on BP; "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Tuner. This will give you a good starting point.

3. Buy a property as soon as you can. The earlier you start in your RE journey, the better off you will be in the future. Almost everyone here on BP will tell you that they wish they had started earlier, myself included.

4. Decide which game you want to play. Do you want to be a house flipper? BRRRR? Real Estate Agent? General Contractor? Buy and Hold? Do you want to LTR, MTR, or STR? Or maybe you want to do a combination of the above?

5. Attend meetups and meet as many people in RE as you can. Since you are just graduating college you may already realize that it's not what you know, but who you know (as a personal note, I had college friends that were barely passing their classes however they ended up with really good paying jobs due to "who they knew"). As they say, your network will be your net-worth.

6. Timing the market does not work. However, time in the market makes all the difference in the world!

I hope this helps and good luck on your real estate journey!
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Silvia Talavera
New to Real Estate · Katy, TX · Member since 2023 · 9 posts · 2 votes
2y
Hello Charity! I am new to REI too, ready to start this journey, I am in Katy TX, let me know if you want to connect. Best of luck!
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