The REI journey begins… in NE Texas?

[Kristian Demsky]

Hey folks and a good day to you all.

My name’s Kristian and I’m in an exciting life phase - I’ve just moved from Melbourne, Australia to the USA with my American wife and 2 Aussie kids because we’re dead set about making a better life through real estate investment.

We’ve been BP converts for 2+ years, devouring the books, podcast eps and YouTube content, but it’s now time to go beyond analysis and venture into buy-alysis (is that a word?). Seriously, we’ve moved to east of Dallas and have grand plans to house-hack in a growing local market and build our portfolio. 

There’s hard work ahead, but that’s ok - we’ve just picked up sticks from around the world (with 2 pre-school boys!!!) to do this, so we’re 100% ready to do whatever it takes. 

But this is where we’re reaching out to the magnificent, supportive BP community and asking for help. My wife has stable work part-time, however I’ve quit my full-time job in Australia to come over here and follow our dreams. I’m interested to hear from any local lenders about potential eligibility for USDA loans and/or Home Possible loans. I’ve done research but need clarity. The market we’re eyeing is eligible for USDA but we’re needing to speak to a wise, investor-friendly person to understand how our current situation could have advantages under these lending programs.

So, if you’re a legend (you know you are) and you’re willing to spend some time chatting to a friendly Aussie bloke (that’s me) about how we could help each other out, then please reply to this post and kick off our conversation. 

This is a leap of faith, but I’m a believer. And I’m now also officially a person who has posted on the BP forums - woo hoo! 

Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful day!

Kristian