All Forum Posts by: Jason Natelle

Thanks for these responses -- I really appreciate this info and it's good for me to think about. Any resources that you think are particularly helpful in the skills-gaining department (besides the materials available on BP)?

I'm trying to put together my 'plan' to transition to real estate investing, but I'm a few years away and will be living the cubicle life. I work in communications / public relations (corporate), and I'm wondering what positions, skills or experiences people may think are great to gain while working for corporate. I've thought about becoming an insurance underwriter, project manager or maybe doing something in finance (all three of those I'm unqualified for - but I could start doing what's needed to transition if these types of positions may pay dividends down the road for me when I become a REI).

Please let me know if you have any advice -- I want to hit the ground running, armed with the skills I need when I'm ready to start landing deals!

I am putting this on my calendar, I hope to see you all there.

Thanks all. How about getting leads? If you don't have an established network and really only have things like Zillow, how does someone find the best deals? Is this the point where you "drive for dollars?" 

And which do you do first-- get the team in place or get the first property? I don't want to get an ugly house and then not get the right contractor in there or bad inspector. 

I'm in the "drinking from a fire hose" seIf-education phase of my early real estate investing career. I've been thinking about the option to go with the turnkey options available outside of my area (assuming the numbers make sense), but I'm also thinking of waiting to land my first deal close to home. I'm in Connecticut, so the taxes are insane, but in theory it would be great to invest in a property I could actually drive to.

The advice I'm looking for is this: if I'm going to be leveraging (like private money turned into a bank loan) -- what makes the most sense to get started? I'm in it for the long-haul, so I'm not concerned with cash flow to pay bills, but rather something to lead me to my next investment. Thanks in advance!