All Forum Posts by: Coty Dolan

@Derek Harris Thank you for the input I appreciate it!

@Greg Hamer Hi Greg nice to meet you, and thank you for the response. Yes, I would love to grab coffee sometime and chat. 

Hello, Bigger Pockets Community! 

My name is Coty Dolan, I am a new investor actively looking for my first deal. 

A little bit about me and my background. I am from Pacific Grove, CA, a town located in between Pebble Beach, CA and Monterey, CA. I got out of the Navy in 2017 and became a restaurant manager, I hated that job and even though I had great benefits and a good salary. I decide there must be something more and read the first non-assigned book in my life, Rich Dad Poor Dad. From that point on I was hooked and have been reading 2-4 books a month since blazing through all Kiyosaki's first. I decided Real Estate was the life I was going to pursue and enrolled in classes to get my Real Estate Salesperson License in CA. 

I quit my job in July 2019 to became a leasing assistant at a large property management company on the Monterey Peninsula, C&C Real Estate. In October 2019 I got my Real Estate License. I got promoted to Portfolio Manager, overseeing about 100 units, and getting to sell real estate as well. It is now February 2020 and I am getting ready to buy my first property to either BRRRR or Flip in Mesa, AZ.

My goal is and always has been to become a great real estate investor over becoming the best real estate agent, and being both is an option. My question to the Bigger Pockets Community is; should I stay in my position making $50k/year and selling real estate on the side, or should I pursing being an agent full time?

My plan is to eventually be a full-time agent and investor, however, while I am first starting out and adding the first properties to my portfolio, would it be more helpful having the W2 income from my job in addition to bonus commission checks. Or will I be fine using just commission as my income? 

Thank you for all the input, and glad to be here.