Internships for Investments

[Jimmy Charousapha]

My name is Jimmy Charousapha. I am new to the real estate industry. I am an active agent here in Nashville, TN. I am in search for an internship to learn everything there is to know about Real Estate Investing. Any advice on in getting my foot in the door or what steps to take to get me in the right direction would be appreciated.

[Chris Wooten]

@Jimmy Charousapha

Jimmy,

Not to say my wife and I are the best mentors; but in our humble opinions we are pretty freaking awesome. A little about us. My wife is a police officer and I am an active duty Marine. We currently live on the NC coast, and I will be retiring in 18 months to pursue real estate investing full time. I think she is seeing the freedom light and leaning toward leaving the police force to pursue real estate investing full time herself. We started this real estate investing gig 12 months ago when my wife came home and I said surprise we have our own business. Well I screwed up that filing, but we got it straightened out and have learned loads about business structure and tax strategies since. In the last 12 months, we have completed 8 flips in Nashville, Clarksville, and Charlotte; purchased an 8 unit apartment; are under contract for another 16 unit; and have purchased with our money, our IRA, private investor money, non-recourse mortgage lender, and hard money. I think we have hit quite a few wickets in 12 months, but that's just in my humble opinion (sarcasm). I'll PM you my offer and plan.

-Chris