New Member Introduction from southeastern/Columbus, Ohio

[Robert Rippey]

Hello, my name is Robert Rippey. I am a beginning real estate investor that lives in SE Ohio. I came to hear about real estate investing because I am sick of working minimum wage jobs and not making what I believe I'm worth. I've always had a passing interest in real estate (even when I was a kid in Jacksonville, FL and remember seeing the Tom Vu and Carlton Sheets infomercials on weekends and late at night).

I've always wanted to become wealthy/financially independent, but most importantly I just want freedom. Freedom to do what I want, when I want, with who I want, and not have to worry about money. I think a lot of us share that common dream. One of my former business coaches told me about this website, so I signed up a year ago. Haven't really been active with it.

I have another man out of Southern California that has been my business/life coach for a couple of years now that turned me on to Phil Pustejovsky. I've read a couple of the threads on BP about him. I signed up for his Creative Real Estate Investing course on Udemy plus I have a copy of his book. I also have a lot of Robert Kiyosaki stuff on my external hard drive.

I started a business checking account for my real estate investing venture over a year ago, but as of yet, I have still yet to make money. I was trying to bird dog wholesale deals for my former business coach, but all he did was deliver promises with no results (he was more involved in multi-level marketing more than REI). This is why I had to part ways with him. I have tried to close a wholesale deal by myself here in my hometown/area, but it is in limbo as of right now. And I have experience in looking up probate listings. So, I am moving back to the state capital of Columbus (used to live there before twice) and I'm signing up to Hondros College to take Real Estate Salesperson classes so that I can get my agent's license. I have already met with different brokerages who want me to come on with them. Phil Pustejovsky talks a lot about how it's an asset to an investor to get their license, so I figured "why not"? My business coach also told me to hook up with a local REI club in Columbus (which I plan to do soon when I can get more gas $)

So basically, I'm just looking to meet some good contacts/friends, learn a lot about RE Investing, find out what I can do to start making my business start making money, and have fun doing it. Thank you for having me on Bigger Pockets!

Robert A. Rippey

Rippey & Company