Hello everyone! My name is Nikayla Bautista. I'm a super newbie originally from small town, North Dakota, just learning & soaking up all the information I can from Bigger Pockets, especially while I drive around for work. I'm located in St. Paul, Minnesota now & I am a real estate photographer full-time. I grew up loving art, painting, design, music, etc. & always drew my "future dream homes" & pretended to create my bedroom into my own "house". I eventually grew up & went to college, where I got a Bachelor of Fine Arts with emphasis in Photography. Six months after graduating, I married the love of my life, whom I met doing missionary work and putting on Catholic youth retreats. I moved to St. Paul a few months before we got married & got a job as a real estate photographer. I've been having an amazing time analyzing homes that I get to walk into everyday (even before they go on the market!) and dreaming about what they will become!

The last several weeks, I have slowly learned that you don't have to have a million dollars to begin this journey of real estate investing, and I want in. As I learn more, it seems to become so clear before my eyes that this is what I want to do with my life! Although I haven't come up with the resources to make an offer quite yet, I am trying to analyze deals & watch or read at least an hour of podcasts or books on real estate daily. I want to begin with house flipping & eventually grow into doing rental properties! 

Thanks so much for even reading this. I am so excited to be a part of this community! If any of you are in the twin cities area, I would love to chat or go to a meet up. I drive all around the metro area (and sometimes even outside of that) every day for shoots. 

Cheers!