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Miguel Luna
  • Rental Property Investor
  • El Paso, TX
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How did you start investing?

Miguel Luna
  • Rental Property Investor
  • El Paso, TX
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How did you get started investing in real estate? 

When did you first get the idea to invest in real estate?

What prior education did you have?

What helped you the most? 

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Rex T.
  • Wholesaler
  • New England
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Rex T.
  • Wholesaler
  • New England
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Started out in the restaurant business. Culinary school & Hotel/ Restaurant BS degree, Worked as Chef, manager and owned a sucessful restaurant, sold it and wondered if there is a better way to prosper without working huge hours. Started going to  local Landlord association meetings and  after asking a lot of questions, my jaw hit the ground.. Wow.. this sounds great. Read everything about real estate investing and decided to get my real estate licence to have an inside view. Resaerched markets and compared with areas I wanted to live and raise my family, then made the big move. Haven't looked back since, just keep buying and holding great income producing apartment buildings, and yes.. It's full time for me. Best decision I ever made besides asking my wife to marry me !

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