All Forum Posts by: Matt DuSold

Thanks Steve!

That was very helpful. It makes me want to get the Brokers license but I like your idea of waiting and working towards it. Thanks again for the help!

OK. So then for what I am looking for, basically another income stream that can sustain a 22 year old dude until the investing gets going, being an agent and getting my standard "real estate salesperson license" is just fine?

Thanks for your help Sean.

I ask this because I just graduated college and the old mall job isnt doing it for me. I know I want to do REI with my life but I also want something that wont take a long time to build so I feel getting my license will provide me income I can live off of for a while.

But anyways, back to the question what is the difference? What I am seeking is being able to work with investors out here, along with other people, and just providing them homes on what they want. If I am an agent will I have to report through someone? Do I have to become a broker in order to not worry about anybody?

Thanks for your help!

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I did just graduate so this may skew my perspective a little bit. But my answer is, absolutely! I understand that I majored in psychology and minored in social work, so what I learned applies nothing to real estate.

But what I did learn at college was that I would do it again in a heart beat. No Im not some dude who went out and drank every night and now im in the "real world" but I did meet most of my best friends at college and these are still people I talk to every day.

I think college is a HUGE growing experience for anybody. The transition from living with your parents to being on your own for the first time is a big one. I change A LOT from my freshman year to my senior year. I also credit college with learning how to live on my own, if i wouldn't have left for college I would have never left Chicago, which there in turn I would never have made it to Arizona. I think I learned I am ok with being by myself and now live in a place I love.

There is so much more that college provided me just with the people I met and the activities I got to do and the things I learned as a person and even school a little bit :D that I could go on forever. There is just no way my kids will not goto college. Even if they go and get straight C's and I'm a mega millionaire they will learn something in those 4 years and have the time of their lives.

Hey Jeff, Im no longer in CoMo I am in Arizona now. But I do find it interesting that you have rentals out there and are form Chicago. I am originally from the northern/north west burbs but just went to school down at Mizzou.

Haha yes they are good people. I did have about 4 people when I started off that I would come on and read anything they posted in that day just so I could know what advice they were giving to other people.

Like I said I just started talking to people in the area. I knew I wanted to work with subject-to's being young and fresh out of college/in college money was close to non existent. So when I knew I wanted to come to Arizona I made sure to contact who I thought was most successful in Arizona. I was lucky enough to that he was willing to help since day 1.

I see your in LA so you will have a lot of options. Just see if you can help them in anyway and I'm sure they will at least offer you advice.

Hey Robert. I started not too long ago as well so I know exactly where you are. When I started I was in a college town and the closest REI club was almost 2 hours away and I had no clue where to start.

Honestly I "met" people on this website. First thing you need to do is just be active on here. You will learn tons and find out who you want to be around and learn from and what not. I would also message people in your area and see if you can help them in anyway or if they can guide you to someone/someplace that might be best.

First and foremost find a mentor. Find someone you trust and you know is successful or has something you want and then be extremely coachable. I was lucky enough to find someone who was willing to help me here on biggerpockets and everything I do I run by him first.

There is no better way to learn then learning from the person that has what you want while educating yourself as much as you can. Good luck with everything and just keep working at it. You can ask a lot of stupid questions on here too so dont be afraid, take it from someone who knows!

HAHA! I am thinking about getting it for the sole purpose of using that...

Alright BiggerPockets I once again turn to you for advice. If you look at my past posts it will say how I had to goto grad school and what not. While now that bridge is cleared and there is no more graduate school in my future just real estate.

My question comes in terms of getting real estate licenses. I have heard you can get into sticky situations with it in terms of investing and that is what worries me. I am in need of steady income and income that is more that minimum wage because now that I am not in school the parents are going to stick me with the bills. I am working as a birddog and will hopefully have some leads coming through in the future but I just would like to be safe with money as I'm only 22.

I can see the upsides of having all my licenses but I dont want it to minimize the effectiveness of my investing because of rules I would have to oblige by. Thanks in advance for any input!

I hope this is the right spot for this...