All Forum Posts by: Aisha S.

Thanks David, I am currently using your suggestion in my job seeking process.

Thank you Alex.  That is something to think about and I will keep my options open.  I am so green about this.

Thank you Ken & Vaughn.   I think I will go with property management. That "boil the ocean" comment brought me back to reality. I tend to try and do that, sometimes. I appreciate the feedback.  Thanks!

Thanks for the advice.  I have seen ads requesting experience but, I will keep pushing and best of luck to you, too!  

Thanks for responding!  I am in my mid-40s undergoing a career change.  I am reading about other real estate investment strategies, as well.  I wanted to know if I could shorten my learning curve by working as a research or valuation associate?  

Hi Everyone!

I live in New York City and renting properties is one of the investment strategies I am interested in.  I want a salaried position that will help me earn while learn about renting properties.  I would like to assist a property manager in some way like as a Lease Administrator.  

However, because I am interested in other areas of real estate investing, would work as a research associate or valuation associate to learn about commercial real estate, in general, but I think that is for brokers/agents.  

Should I stick with property management or learn about commercial real estate? 

I would appreciate any input.

I quickly ran into debt messing around with their service. According to SalesTeamLive, in order to get good results, I had to invest $1200 per month for three or more months. Yikes!

They were willing to work with me on the price but, it was still a waste of time.

I agree with Bryan Hancock, sending out yellow letters ha been effective for me in the past. I used click2mail. That is a much cheaper service and I got great results.

I am with you Steve L. My mother was my first mentor then, it was one of my college professors, who I still keep in contact with, today.

Unfortunately, I have not found a real estate mentor, yet. But, I was told to stay away from those mentoring or coaching programs where you pay a stranger to look out for your best interests.

After reading everyone's responses, it is very clear that a mentor is someone who has a genuine interest in seeing you do well in your chosen endeavors --- at no cost! Bigger Pockets fulfills my mentoring needs for now.

Yes, I agree with Don Konipol. Mr. Reed is extremely opinionated and I have contacted him, as well, and he did not contact me back. However, I did see on his site where he changed his opinions about one other investor he misjudged on his B.S. List but, you would need to click on the name to see. I don't remember who it was and I am sorry for that. That list definitely needs to be updated.

I just stick to the facts and ignore his subjective rants.

I like John T. Reed's book "How to Get Started in Real Estate." It is very detailed and gives you the information needed to determine which real estate investment strategy is for you or if real estate is something you want to do at all! Very good book. Does not sugar-coat anything.

He has a self titled website along with other book titles.