All Forum Posts by: Damon K Verellen

Hello everyone. I posted at the end of 2021 when I was about to be laid off and looking for advice on a new career path that had something to do with real estate. Well, say hello to West Virginia's newest Certified Home Inspector! I'm so excited about my decision and just wanted to share. 

My local realtor is super excited because apparently there are no inspectors in Braxton County. Anyway, if anyone needs a home inspector in Central WV, I'm ready!

Great points! Thank you.

Hello all. I'm set to be laid off from my W2 at the end of the month. It's always around the holidays, isn't it? Anyway, my thought is to get unemployment to pay for some new career training. I figure if my long term plan is real estate investing, why not chose something in that arena. So far I've seen real estate agent and home inspector on the list of possible training. Which of these two paths do you think would be the most beneficial to a future investor? Also, it probably makes sense to include that I live in rural WV. Land and homes are selling like hot cakes to east coast/big city folks looking for retirement/vacation homes. I don't know much about the home inspection side of things.

Thanks in advance for any advice and if you know of some other career path that would be beneficial that unemployment might pay for, by all means throw it out there. 👍

@Mason Weese Unfortunately I work evenings and 6:30 isn't possible on a Wednesday night. On a Tuesday, Friday or Saturday night; I'd be there for sure. Please keep me in the loop on the future meetups. Thanks for thinking of me.

I really hope this gets more responses. I'm also in WV, however, a little more central, but have yet to make my first investment. My wife and I were just discussing short term rentals either by way of cabins on our property or elsewhere. Summer getaways, national/state parks, hunting, rafting, fishing; it's all here. Either way, @Mason Weese and @Dylan Good, I would love to stay in touch as we all start our journeys in the great mountain state. I'm shooting for spring 2022. Best of luck. 

Sutton here! Looking to start investing as well. Shooting for Spring 2022. We should meet up sometime. Brainstorm, network, etc. 

I'm not a wholesaler, but an aspiring investor located in Sutton, WV. I'm aiming for spring 2022 to get started. It seems there's not an abundance of folks in WV on BiggerPockets with whom to network, so I was excited to see your post. Maybe we could meet up somewhere sometime. I work my W2 in Clarksburg if that's easier. Good luck!

Thanks @Alicia Loveless. Trash pickup is not included in our taxes here, but I wasn't sure if that was an expense I should pay or leave to the tenant. 

If the only things you and @Tim Herman are seeing wrong with my report is a couple dollars in expenses, I guess I did ok with the calculator. 

Thanks @Tim Herman

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Hello everyone. I'm trying to wrap my head around the BRRRR calculator. Could someone take a look at this report and let me know how I'm doing? Thanks in advance.