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Updated over 8 years ago, 07/25/2016

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Eric Brown
  • Trophy Club, TX
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Beginning my journey to becoming a full time real estate investor

Eric Brown
  • Trophy Club, TX
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Good evening fellow Bigger Pocketers. I'm a military pilot currently stationed in California. I've bought and sold 3 previous homes that I purchased while stationed in various places. I typically like to buy "broken toys" that have some value I can unlock with either renovations or just some love in the form of paint or cleaning up the exterior. I still have one property in the Hudson Valley, NY area (downtown Beacon) that I am renting and I plan to sell it in a few years (I'm thinking about making it an AirBnB property. Thoughts?)

I just purchased a small house for cash in North Florida with a friend of mine and I plan to continue buying multi family properties in that area. Since I'm full time military officer I don't have the ability to take care of the time intensive or short notice requirements that pop up as a landlord. My buddy's main income is his properties so he manages the properties we buy.

My longer term goals are to finish up my military career, get the small(ish) pension, probably fly for the airlines and continue building up my real estate empire (ha!) to where I am mostly financially independent - not being a wage slave and sweating going to work every day and praying I'm not going to get laid off.

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