All Forum Posts by: Fradel Schaechter

@Michael Guzik- great question! As a brand new investor, I use the time I spend on this website to offer my two cents (for whatever it is worth) to those that I can offer it too, and to 'be' with others who are doing what I want to do. Before finding BP, I found it hard to keep my motivation up day in day out. I guess this is a bit like having a free coach holding you as accountable as you allow it to.

Also, listening to the podcasts as I do my housework teaches me information and inspires me to keep at it. I think pretending to be too busy to be on here before I could even be called 'too busy' wouldn't make sense for me to do.

@Lala Weiss I just wanted to comment on your wonderful attitude and not letting this set-back from stopping your success. Way to go :)

@Jeff Couch I opened the thread because of the title. I just enjoyed the honesty of it. I guess it is normal to be nervous and just as normal to move ahead despite that! I see you are new to the site: getting active can help settle those nerves and get you great advice and feedback! Good luck...

@Ken Breeze- thanks for bringing this to my attention... Funny, because someone else had sent me a pm with this info today :)

It's an hour and a half from my home, but I will work on getting there...

@Alina Trigub- this meeting sounds like something I might enjoy. Hope I can work it out for Monday, the 26th... 

@Harry Williams- not sure I can add anything after these other great responses, but the first thing I can think of is your listing price. How did you decide on this number? Is it possible it is off by just a small number that makes people go with the other property they saw before or after yours? Just some food for thought.

I recently heard from @Ken Breeze the benefits to the tenants when the investor can be a good landlord. I had never thought of it from that perspective, as I had previously only thought of it as making sense for a healthy business standpoint. I am inspired to see investors putting their neighborhoods before making a big buck. 

@David Sosna,@Andrew Kerr, @Dave Olverson, and @Peter Dunne Keep it up! The universe benefits so much from investors like you on this world :)

@Matt Gar- welcome to this site! You will meet amazing people here and get a whole lot of information...

One more place to look for events near you is on BP: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-an...

Hope that helps! you can search for one in or near your zipcode.

In addition, I really enjoy the podcasts here (both the BP podcast and the money show) and find that they inspire me to keep on going.

Good luck!

@Jacob Karcher Nice goals you got there, house hacking is a great way to start.

Good for you starting at this stage in your life! It is easy to get distracted by college life and kudos for you for taking charge of you financial future :)

@Bill Ribolzi I admire you for getting into the game even at this stage in your life. your willingness to learn something new can get you far!

@25 years old myself, you really inspire me :)

@David Archer House hacking is a great way to get started. Kudos to you that you are thinking of investing before you even graduate. That looks like great forward-thinking to me! :)