All Forum Posts by: Michael Lee

Age: 25

Location: Atlanta, GA

Education: BBA-Finance (Georgia State University Class 2013)

Career Background: Currently working as a Sr. Analyst for a Real Estate Private Equity Firm. Prior to my current position, I worked (4yrs @ Siemens) in various areas of Corp Finance, Operations and Project Management.

I would like to start investing in real estate and build me wealth & passive income. Like most of young professionals, I've been paying off student loan and maxing out my 401k & IRA account, really don't have much cash sitting around. However, I can possibly wait another year or so to stack up my cash. But I would like to get into it now, is there a way I can start investing in real estate with little cash or no cash at all?

Hello!

I am an Architect and Realtor registered in Texas. I have been living in DFW area since 2004. I am very excited to know about the platform of BP and want to be connected! I did a few flips and rentals myself. I am now a full-time Realtor working with investors. I know North Dallas, Plano, North Carrollton very well. 

My ultimate dream is to do design-builds, that are innovative and well respond to people's need...

Looking forward to know you! 

Looking to gain knowledge, contacts, and learn about real estate investment and local opportunities.

We love what we do and being able to help others grow.  We have met so many super people through our experiences and our network now reaches across the US.  We are blessed indeed.   Our free time is spent with family, church and riding our motorcycles.  Our roles within the company are to always look for properties and partners. Our primary market is the Southwest, generally within a 5 hour radius of the DFW area.  We primarily work in the Single Family Residential market but are expanding out now to Senior Communities and Multi-Family markets. 

I live in the Dallas area.  I'm getting back into residential investing by Wholesaling and started my mailout campaign last week.

The last two decades I’ve been working for a private group investing and managing small shopping centers in Texas.

In my younger days, I invested and rehabbed multifamily properties in Fort Worth. 

I've been listening and reading a lot of information from the Bigger Pockets website.

Looking forward to a great 2016!

Hello BP, I'm an it pro looking to move out to Real estate ft. I'm currently building a spec home that I'll be keeping, as my current residence sold quicker than expected. I'm looking to do spec houses fourplex const full time with some rehabbing flipping sprinkled in. I look forward to learning and making some great connections.

-Milton

Floods, flash floods and tornado warnings in most parts of Texas seem to be all over the weather news currently. Looks like its all over including Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio. Hopefully things get better from here. 

My question to experienced investors is do these events affect your criteria for selecting locations in any way for your future investments? Will there be revised flood maps? Any other things to look into in regards to such weather events?

Also do the insurance rates go up after this or such events are not so uncommon?

Thanks. 

What's going on to the new members.   This site is a platform to gain knowledge into the world of real estate investing, and is very resourceful.   If you're new to the game, let me be the first one to tell you that it is easy WITH, the right state of mind.   There will always, no matter what business you conduct, there will always be somebody doubting your efforts.   Those same efforts inspired by ambition.   Ambition will always out way negative energy.   Simple formula, but the mindframe HAS to STAY positive.   Investing period will always have risks, just like any decision ever made.   Your goal is to pick the risk that's beneficial to you, or your business.   But you must be fair.   Understand, once again, nothing will be easy without being in the right mind frame, let investing period become SECOND NATURE.   Learn as much as you can, with actual efforts that will last a lifetime.   There are people here to on this site that are very helpful, knowledgeable, encouraging, that actually want to see you win, but with balance, there's also people on here that are negative.   You'll know and see by responses or comments, that they will never be worth it, and show them by NOT WASTING your time with a reply.  Being in the right mindframe doesn't allow, negativity.   Above all, ask questions.   Ask as many questions as you can, if it's a stupid question, ask anyway.   If it's a bad question, ask anyway, if it's a good question, ask questions.   Questions are meant to gain knowledge on something, you know about, but aren't KNOWLEDGEABLE about it.  Let this introduction to this site inspire you to handle and do business differently than others.  I challenge you to become the best real estate investor, real estate agent, broker, that you can become.   And once again, NEVER LET SOMEBODY CONTROL YOUR POSITIVE MINDFRAME.  - Ja

Hello and welcome!  I found BP about 3 months ago.  I am 59 years old and am thinking about getting into investing,  I graduated from college and got my broker license in 1980.  I grew up in Dallas, Texas.  I have been in the construction business since I was 17.  If you think I could help you please just ask and I would be happy to tell you what you need help on.  Good luck!

Hello, just getting started. I know I can be successful in real estate but I'm having trouble finding the area of interest. 

I would really like to hear from someone who has been successful in wholesaling in Colorado Springs.