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Alfredo David
  • Homeowner
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Greetings from Rookie invester Houston, TX

Alfredo David
  • Homeowner
  • Houston, TX
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Hello Everyone, Alfredo D here from Houston, Texas. As of right now, I'm interested in buy and hold rental properties (single family & multi)in Houston and surrounding areas, eventually plan to branch out. At the moment, I'm in the process of writing out a business plan for myself and soon to be wife. After a few months of discussing, I managed to get her support in my plans for real estate investing. If all goes as planned I hope to begin investing in February (after the wedding); until then I'll be building contacts, browsing the MLS, and doing calculations on properties i find.

A bit about myself; my father raised me to be independent and do manual labor myself and now because of him, I do many of the home repairs myself and like to believe I'm fully capable of being my own property manager (currently own a home i purchased thinking i could grow into). After graduating from ITT Tech i began working for a company installing home security and structured wiring in homes; that's where i was introduced and found a fascination for Real Estate and began watching HGTV. A few years after purchasing my home i found myself in financial problems and thanks for Dave Ramsey, i managed to pull myself out of debt without selling my home (thank you roommates). Soon later, I found myself listening to podcasts such as Masters of Money, Stacking Benjamin's, Afford Anything, and now Bigger Pockets.

I'm looking forward to learning more about real estate and making new contacts.

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Brandon L.
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Brandon L.
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Hello! @Alfredo David

Welcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.

I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing. Please click on the links, give them a read, and share your thoughts in the comments.

First is a post that I feel will help not get overwhelmed with the amount of info that is here on BP:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52761-the-simple-guide-to-getting-started-on-bp

The second is a post that will help get you focused with your real estate investing goals:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52743-im-new-to-bp-any-advice-would-be-appriciated

The last one is a post that will help you choose an “investor friendly” real estate agent.

There are many agents out there, but it’s important to choose the right one.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52724-im-new-to-investing-how-do-i-find-an-investor-friendly-agent

I love answering questions if you have any! Good Luck :)

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