New to RE Investing from Maryland (Hometown: Texarkana, TX)

[Monica G.]

Greetings to All,

I am a former elementary school teacher, originally from Texas, but I have lived in Maryland for the last 15 years with my husband and 14-year-old daughter.  Currently, I am enrolled in Graduate school and looking to expand my career to investing in Real Estate in order to help free my family from our current financial situation.  

I am a complete novice to Real Estate Investing, but for the last few weeks, I have been studying and reading everything that I can get my hands on that was free on the web but filled with reliable and quality information.  As a Real Estate Entrepreneur, I would like to start by specializing in Wholesaling Single-Family and Multi-Family homes. This will help me to increase my current cash flow so that we can free ourselves from the stress of living check-to-check on one income.

The goal that I have for my Real Estate business is to build a life of financial freedom for me and my family.  Acquiring financial freedom will allow my family to live our desired lifestyle, debt free, with no more stress each month struggling to make ends meet, secure our daughter’s future and continue to build wealth so that we can be a blessing to others and help to rebuild our communities and create opportunities for others to find the same success.  

Finding this website through a Google search was a Godsend!  And I am excited about being a part of this awesome community of knowledgeable and experienced investors.

Hope this intro wasn't too long.  Nice to "meet" everyone!  Monica

[Brett McCurdy]

@Monica G.     Yes, I have used PDI for my continuing ed the last couple times online.  I think I will do the in-class sessions next time because the online classes can be VERY time consuming even if you know your stuff and tedious.  I have only used PDI for continuing ed.

When I became licensed (2005) I attended "Ed Smith Real Estate School".  It is a GREAT program and the people really care about teaching you ethics/values and getting you ready.  The best part was one of their training facilities is in Ocean city so I took 4-5 days and headed to the beach to study and go to the classes which were 2 minutes inland.  I highly recommend doing this!  Just make sure you don't schedule the classes during "beach week" - big mistake if you are staying in a hotel near the beach trying to study and kids are inviting you over to funnel beer with them...