New member in NC

[Alexander Felice]

Ok I've been reading, dreaming, and planning a real estate career for a while now. Making some moves, but on the cusp of doing more. I'm 30 years old living in Fayetteville/Fort Bragg North Carolina

I bought a condo a few years ago (which I didn't get a great deal on) for $65K, I just started renting that one out.

Last month I bought a house for my fiance. This was a foreclosure, I paid 54k and I believe I should have an easy 45k in equity in it, but I can't rent that one out as I need it for my family. I plan to pay it down quick to have access to the equity.

My long term goal is to buy enough rental properties to live (very) comfortably in, but my short term goal is to flip houses as a full time job. I'm having difficulty making this transition though, as many people do I'm sure.

I currently make pretty good money working full time (~70k/year) and I have excellent credit, so buying houses with conventional funding is easy, and building cash is easy. However I work a monster schedule so time to flip on the side is pretty much non-existent.

I come to BP for help! In my head, the perfect option would be to find a mentor who I could work for and teach me but no such opportunity has become apparent yet. How can I make the transition and flip houses full time time and give up my job security? I'm generally not a man who lets fear stop him from making moves but this has been tricky.

Also, I have pretty good knowledge of improvements, housework, and renovations in general. So it's not foreign to me, and I'll be getting my real estate license in the summer to try and find better deals. Sorry for the long and chaotic post!!!