Greetings from Kansas City, MO!
Hello Biggerpocket People!
I'm Steve from Kansas City. I don't have a background in real estate, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. When I was 18 I was fascinated with it, but they said I was too young. Then when I was 21 I seriously considered getting into it heavily, and they said I needed money. So I forgot about my goals in real estate. I'm now 26 and am ready to realize the dream. I'm going into real estate to do three things mainly. First to be my own boss. Secondly, to create income to live comfortably instead of living hand to mouth as I currently do. Third, I want to set up a solid foundation for my future, so I can do things i want to do such as travel, retire early, etc.
My goal in real estate right now for the short term is just to educate myself. While I do that, I will bird-dog in my area in order to make connections.(if it's legal, still working on finding a definitive answer to that). I'm also doing a lot of preliminary work such as re-wiring my thoughts and discipline myself. I've been studying a lot of people who do real estate professionally and I've noticed a lot of their skills are personal and interpersonal ones, so I'm developing those also the best I can. I've also seen some local investors and rei groups I will connect with.
After I complete my education (which I can tell this website will help with!) I plan to go onto wholeselling and master that niche. From there, who knows. By the time I get there I'll have a better understanding of where I want to go. I want to thank the members of biggerpockets in advance for your experiences and advice, I've already learned quite a bit in the last week I've been looking over the articles and forums.