Need Real Estate Guidance (22 yrs old)

[Dean Halpin]

Hi guys! I wanted to share what just happened with me these last couple of months, and could desperately use some guidance to get back on track. First and foremost, hello to you all! My name is Dean and i'm a 22 year old with massive Real Estate dreams. I don't want to make this too long, so i'll get straight to the point. I was just scammed/mislead by two sketchy Real Estate Wholesaling companies here in El Paso, Texas. In my first company, i was a Real Estate Acquisitions Specialist. I used to cold call sellers from across the countries, and offered to buy their homes for cash. Most of the time i got cursed out and hung up on, but it didn't bother me one bit, and i actually enjoyed the grind. Until about a couple months later, i opened my eyes a little bit more and the entire operation was sketchy. I ended up getting around 9 deals under-contract, while constantly being pressured by my manager to get more deals under-contract or he would publicly mock us in front of everybody. It turns out that we were never going to get paid out in the first place, and eventually found out some of my properties closed, but was still never paid out for them, but most of my properties simply just ended up dropping and i was never informed of it. Obviously, i left that dumpster fire and decided to work at the same type of job, except work in a remote atmosphere... The same issue happened, we would get pressured to make over 150 dials a day, yet us AQ specialists got nothing in return, and it's been nearly a year and i haven't gotten paid by either company. I'm not the greatest storyteller, but it seemed like i was taken advantage of, and i'm at a point in my life right now where i'm clueless and i'm not even sure if Real Estate is the right path for me anymore... My desire is there, and my heart is in the right place. I'm just a little bit lost right now and would love to hear some guidance. Should i go the agent route? Try going a different path? Would love to hear your guy's advice! Please feel free to direct message me if you live in the El Paso area and/or would simply like to connect, thanks!