Newbie in the North Dallas area
Good evening all!
My name is Tyler and I am a full-time student at UTDallas, a full-time hospital pharmacy technician, a husband, and father of 2 (soon to be 3). Over the past year or two, I have read a few financial freedom books and a common theme that I have found is involvement in real estate so I figured I would do some more research into the matter. The more I have learned, the more empowered I feel on the subject of getting started in this wonderful world of real estate.
Unfortunately, I am definitely starting at the bottom of the pole here because I lack experience in the industry as well as a wall-safe stacked full of cash. However, I do have a few factors I hope to capitalize on. Two years ago, I found a new hobby in the form of carpentry after designing and building my son's crib from scratch. Since then I have been acquiring tools and techniques on how to build with my hands (a parallel I hope to see with my future real estate endeavors). I hope this will come in handy when I start attempting to flip houses here in the DFW area. Another asset I have under my belt is former military leadership experience. During my 5 years in the Marine Corps, I picked up a couple of traits such as how to focus and efficiently utilize time and resources, different methods of leadership, and how to lower my head and get to work under high-stress.
I hope that these traits combined with my ambition to succeed in order to provide for my family will offset my lack of experience. I look forward to the challenge of entering this exciting industry and am thrilled to be a part of this website to network and soak up all of the knowledge that I can.
Thanks and have a great day :)
Tyler Blackburn