Regis from Wesley Chapel (Tampa), FL

[Regis M Burdier]

Hi my name is Regis. I live in Wesley Chapel, about 30 minutes north or Tampa. I am new to real estate investing. My goals are to build wealth through investing in real estate, improve my family's standard of living, and help others do the same. I learned about Bigger Pockets through my wife just recently. We were at a real estate workshop this past weekend (Nick Vertucci's Real Estate Adademy). After learning what the cost for the actual three day course we were immediately discouraged--as many others noticeably were as well.-- my wife started searching on Google and found this website. Hahaha. I am interested in all aspects of real estate investment, wholesale, flipping, buy and hold. My day job is building automation/ programming/ service. I am a licensed private pilot with instrument rating-- short story I aspired to one day become a professional airline pilot. Glad to have found this platform and looking forward to networking and learning and building wealth.

[Regis M Burdier]

Hi Milagros and Matthew,

Matthew, if you don't mind me asking, how long have you been investing in real estate? I am green when it comes to real estate investing and the thing I am having the hardest time with is figuring out how to find private lenders. 

Milagros, yes my wife is more skeptical than I am. I figured we'd go since it was "free" but knowing that there is always a catch and it wouldn't hurt to see what if any valuable tips and information they might have, which there were some. I just ordered two of the books I found on here, The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs. My wife and I decided to get into real estate investing because we're tired of the rat race--work work work and not getting anywhere.  How long have you and your husband been doing this? If you don't mind sharing some insight and experiences I would appreciate it. Thank you and look forward to networking and learning with all the members on here!