Shayne - Living in Tempe, AZ

[Shayne Hastings]

Hey everyone,

My name is Shayne and I am 23 years old living out in Arizona temporarily. I am originally from wine country area north of San Francisco and I am fairly new to the real estate world. Always had a passion for becoming an investor and I have some very large goals for this real estate venture. It's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of "when".

I'm looking forward to networking and connecting with so many real estate professionals!

[Liam Goble]

Shayne, You've come to the right place. BP is an awesome platform for meeting people and bouncing ideas/strategies off of seasoned investors. I joined BP in October or November last year and I'm amazed at how freely the seasoned guys will provide their thoughts on your predicament.

For instance, I'm in the process of flipping a house and I posted a comment about the first contractor I had on the job. Rather than simply remove the first four feet of drywall in the bathroom like I had asked, he removed all the drywall. One very seasoned flipper (@J. Scott), recommended I fire the contractor immediately. I didn't. One week later, after I had explicitly told the contractor what I wanted to have done, I was reviewing the work, and my partner asked "How much did you want removed?" I said "just the drywall, nothing else, why?" My partner replied, "Well, the bathroom is gone." My brother is a magician and I don't think he could have pulled a better David Blaine and made the bathroom disappear. The room was literally gone. You wouldn't know it ever existed.

My advice: Listen to the advice of the pros who have done this many many more times than we mere mortals have. (One day after the bathroom disappeared, the contractor was fired and a new one is going to be working on site.)

Good luck with your investment activities.