All Forum Posts by: Jared Kampschroeder

Thank you for the insight Kevin!

Thank you Wayne for the insight!

Hi everyone, I'm new to real estate and becoming book smart on the subject. A few friends of mine and I have a vision of building shipping container homes. I was wondering if anyone has done it before and how the price and time compares to building stick frame etc. I got quoted for $1800 a piece on 40ft shipping containers. I know welders and machinists so I can assemble my own team for the unconventional construction. I don't know what good prices are for electric and plumbing. Any help or advice would be great!

A few friends of mine and I have this vision of creating new homes from shipping containers. However, we are still new to real estate so we figure the best place to start looking is on the forums for people who have done it before. I have googled already and found mixed reviews about the subject. Some say it is cheaper, some say it is more expensive to build this way. I would love to ask questions about the subject but would rather have anyone interested or with experience to give me questions I should be asking myself and doing research on. All questions and knowledge welcome.

Thank you guys for the warm welcome!

@Carl Hawke That sounds about right! I'm glad you are here too and have been in my shoes. I'm currently a calibration tech but normally work in fuels for the Navy. It's funny you mention being in MO now. I'm actually from the St. Louis area originally! I grew up in Kirkwood!

Good morning, day or evening to you! My name is Jared Kampschroeder. I'm 28 years old and I live with my wife in the Hampton Roads area of VA. I recently joined the Bigger Pockets family thanks to a coworker of mine. This is obviously my first post so today I'm just here to introduce myself and hopefully my story won't be too long winded.

I was a massage therapist for 4 years before becoming bored and staying broke. From there I joined the military. I'm on the last year of my contract and for the past 4 I learned I needed to make a lot of changes or I would be broke indefinitely and without direction. I also need to stop changing jobs every 4 years! So a good friend of mine had me read Rich Dad Poor Dad and it was a life changer! He also got me started on some books on stocks and that's fine as a long term investment but I still needed to make money to keep feeding in to them for retirement. That's when another friend of mine let me borrow her copy of The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner. I'd like to think Brandon is now the best friend he doesn't know I have! I now own my own copy of his book, as well as several other books on property investing! And for good reason.

Two years ago I met my wife. You can say we definitely hit the ground running in our relationship and she is the best thing that has ever happened to me- at least until our son is born and takes that title in September! We just bought our first house and I believe we got a great deal. From here we want to look at small multifamily homes and have our first investment before I leave the military next May. Her military contract ends the year after and we hope to move to Florida and have at least two duplexes (or better) and dabble in flips or wholesaling before then. That's the plan thus far! I will have lots of questions I'm sure and I hope to answer a few with my limited experience as well. I hope to connect with some great people! Thanks for stopping by!