All Forum Posts by: Heather H.

Hello BiggerPockets community,

  I will be relocating to Winchester, Virginia in a couple months and am interested in finding an investment property in the area. I'm reaching out to see if anyone is familiar with the area and would be willing to share some insights with me. Thank you very much. 

Very interesting about getting your real estate license before actually purchasing your first investment property. I hadn't thought about that, but I'll probably look into it after moving out of California. 

@Brieer Doggett I obviously don’t know your situation, but I have student loan debt & am choosing to invest in real estate first. The only reason I’ve chosen to do it that way is because it’s on track to be forgiven in about 7 years. If I just had the regular student loan debt that gets forgiven in 20 years (I think that’s what the standard is), then I’d focus on paying it off before incurring more debt.

just want to share my experience with vinyl. When I was a renter in grad school, my apartment had vinyl & I loved it. It was easy to clean & one of my friends dropped a bottle of wine on it & it didn’t even dent. I now have some in my own home (used the Pergo brand) & it stands up to two dogs & heavy furniture without any issues. I have engineered hardwood planks in some areas of my own house & if I was doing it again I’d do the pergo instead for sure. Just my 2 cents of experience actually living with it.

@Anthony O. Wow! Can’t believe there’s someone else on here from the Conejo Valley! So inspiring to hear that you’ve been successful with out of state investing!

@Lee Ripma fellow LA area dweller & this is so awesome to hear. Thanks for sharing that it is possible to invest out of state & make it work!

@Joe Fairless this is so inspiring! Thank you for sharing!