Novice from Norman, Oklahoma

[Edward Pledger]

Hello all,

I am a student studying Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma with one more year till graduation (woo!). After I graduate, I want to move to Dallas, TX to be with my beautiful girl friend. She works at the Fort Worth Zoo.

I've become increasingly interested in business over the past year. A few weeks ago I dived into learning about real estate and it has really attracted me. I did a 3 day class with Fortune Builders in my area and absolutely fell in love with real estate. 

Now, I'm going to see if I have the chops for it and am going to start in wholesaling!

Cheers!

[Bart H.]

Originally posted by @Edward Pledger:

No, thank you for the advice!

It's hard to tell the whole story in a forum post, but I appreciate your rationality. I'm not switching careers, but looking to do this as a side hustle and then go from there. I'm interested in all of real estate, but I think wholesaling is a great way to start. 

And one of my life goals is to marry my girl friend :)

If I was your age again, I would strongly suggest looking at house hacking to begin your real estate career.  Use your regular job (W-2 income)to leverage a 2-4 unit property.  You can get more and cheaper loans.  It lets you learn about being a landlord, you can show rental income on your tax statement for your next property.  And if you find out its not your thing, you can just sell your house and move on.

Good luck to you!!!!