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Gregory Schwartz
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  • College Station, TX
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What did I just do! Full-time investor during the Coronavirus!

Gregory Schwartz
Agent
  • Rental Property Investor
  • College Station, TX
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Did I pick the best time or the worst time to jump in full time as a real estate investor? 

December 2019 - I very confidently left my full-time job as an active USMC officer making over 100k a year.

January 2020 - With ambitions of combining the 2 strategies of Househacking and BRRR I spend ALL of my investment money to buy and rehab a 280k 4-plex. I simultaneously began my career as a real estate agent with Keller Williams.

February 2020 - With an empty investment account, 1 unit rented and 2 nearing completion I first hear of Coronavirus concerns.

March 2020 - Corona is in full swing, lockdowns happening nationwide, wife's employer (a gym) is shut down and no one's buying houses. But with a decent savings account buffer, I remain nervously excited for the future.

I did not see this coming. Fully expected have at least a few houses under contract and my wife expected to be working full time. The blessing is that we live well below our means and thanks to the house hack we have very low housing-related expenses. Despite all of this I started a campaign to buy off-market distressed duplexes and 4-plexes as I continue to attempt to grow my portfolio and goal of financial independence through long term buy and hold multifamily. 

Any other optimist out there convinced that this tragic event can provide huge opportunities?

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