All Forum Posts by: Dusty Lewis

I'm in the same boat actually. I have my wife and daughter I need insurance for and with medical, dental, and vision it can be extremely expensive. This alone is a reason I can see some people never launching into REI full time. Does your wife work at all?

Hello,

I have been dabbling in the Real Estate Investing world for several months now. I have yet to do my first deal mainly because I'm stuck on the type of strategy I want to go after. In the beginning I was really focused on learning as much as possible on the wholesaling side. The more that I learn and start applying what I am learning, the more I find that wholesaling seems to be a full time job. In addition, I started calling home owners and within the first 10 that I called one of the owners called me back leaving a very threating voicemail that made me second guess what I was doing. I know that being on the phone a lot is part of the business which I'm perfectly fine with but being a robot resaying a script all day long doesn't sound to appealing. Also, spending countless hours driving for dollars for something that isn't exactly guaranteed can be stressful. 

 I am currently stuck in corporate America Monday-Friday and really trying to swim as fast as I can to get out of the rat race. I am very interested in fix and flips but honestly, I don't know a thing about construction or being a GC.

My goal is to get into an area that 1, doesn't desire my full time focus as I do still have a full time job and 2, an area that I can make larger sums of money to pay down bigger debts. After those debts are paid, I do want to focus on becoming financially free.

Just figured I'd reach out to try gather some advice for experienced professionals in REI. Wholesaling definitely isn't out of the question just wanted to write down those thoughts and gather some feedback.

Thanks!

Hey guys, I'm in Hays county and there are a few I try to attend regularly. The first is Comal Hays REIA as Linda mentioned they are actually meeting this Saturday at 10am. The next one is fairly new but a lot of active players attend and is called, Central Texas Real Estate Investor Meet-up. Both of these can be found on Facebook. I would also love the opportunity to meet up. I'm newer to rei so looking for knowledge and a place I can help where needed.

Can anyone recommend a good title company or Lawyer that does closings in the Hays county Texas area?

Hey Kevin, Welcome to BP! I myself am new to the REI world as well. Although I have not been to one of their meet ups yet, I know they have a large Facebook following, which is Investor Underground - Austin. I personally can not vouch for them but I know a lot of people who attend their meet ups.

Are you investing in those areas?

I’m curious as to what other investors that do it full time do about health insurance? Looking to focus on investing full time in the near future but leaving my full time job that currently covers my family and I to paying nearly $1700 a month for private health, dental, and vision simply doesn’t sound realistic in the beginning stages of focusing on real estate full time. Any advise would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Hello Kinda, I am familiar and wanted to attend this past Saturday just had a few things going where I couldn’t make it. Congrats on the new little addition. We just had a little girl as well so been busy trying to get things settled back down.

Awesome, thanks a ton I’m looking forward to it!

ok awesome, I’d like to get into flips, however I’m open to just about anything profitable at this time. I don’t have my nitch down yet so just looking for any and all advice.