New Member from Seattle, Lynnwood, Washington State

[Viktor R.]

Hello Bigger Pockets. I am excited to finally write my new member introduction. It’s been such a pleasure looking at the wonderful resources that are provided on the site and how resourceful the BP community has been. I would like to first talk about how I am getting into the real estate business.

I have a wonderful career as a pediatric nurse and it’s so rewarding to be able to help others who otherwise cannot help themselves. My job brings me great joy and personal accomplishment but I would like to have a more secure financial future. Nursing is a great career but my vision and ambition is to aspire to have real estate property that works for me.

I started out listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast which taught me how attainable success in real estate really is. My biggest qualities are hard work and determination. According to the question that is at the end of every podcast, “ What separate the successful real estate investors from the unsuccessful investors,” you need that quality the most. I am constantly looking for ways to educate myself on how to be successful and learning from the mistakes from the people who come before me. Thanks to the podcast I am on my way to getting a firm hold on real estate investing.

My business plan is to start out wholesaling deals in the Lynnwood area. After gaining enough capital for a safety net and putting enough down to purchase a property, I want to rehab and resell houses. This will eventually lead to building spec houses but I know that financial success really means to buy and hold property. This is a brief business plan but it’s my “one liner” of what I want to do in real estate.

I have already taken actionable steps towards my plan. I have become an active member in my REIA group going to meetings and networking with members, looking for ways to build my real estate team utilizing the references from REIA, taking classes to learn how to wholesale, and using the materials that is exclusive to REIA members. I recommend joining the REIA so that you can get your foot in the door with real estate as well as building your real estate business by getting exposure. You can go to REIAwa.com to get more information and I did not get paid to plug that in.

Thanks to the podcast I was introduced to a wonderful book by J Scott’s called How to Flip Houses which I already finished reading. I highly recommend everyone reads it even if you are not flipping houses. I took extensive notes on every chapter so that I can easily reference it at a later point since rehabbing houses is not my first step in real estate. The next step is to find my first deal, find a buyer, and close the deal which I have already have take steps towards.

I am seeking to utilize the Bigger Pockets community to continue to build my network, find local investors, continue learning, and be able to give back to the BP community once I’m more seasoned in real estate. I hope my new member post will reach the local Washington investors as well as investors in Seattle, Lynnwood, Bothell, Mill Creek, Everett, and numerous cities in the Evergreen State. I look forward to meeting you.