Working towards my first deal

[Jesse Williams]

Hey Everyone, 

I am currently working as an insurance agent in the Sacramento area. Recently I've decided to start pursing a business as a Real Estate Investor. Since I know very little about RE Investing I have been consuming as much information from BP as I can. I decided it was a good idea to go Pro after the last Webinar, I've read a few of the BP ebooks and I'm reading J Scott's book on Estimating Rehab Cost since that's an area of limited knowledge for me.

My primary goal is to start my investing with a house hack and then pursue the Brrrr strategy to build a large rental portfolio

While I am working toward my goals I wanted to add value to the BP Community any way that I can. Given my experience with Commercial Insurance a good place to start is using the keyword alerts to answer some insurance questions in the forums but I'd also like to start producing some insurance related blogs for BP. That's where the BP Community comes in...

What are some common insurance questions, misconceptions or issues that investors come up against?

[Jesse Williams]

Hey Sophia, 

Thanks for the welcome. I am happy to be here! I appreciate the offer but my agent is a good buddy of mine. 

But to answer some of your questions: I'd be looking in the suburbs east of Sacramento. I haven't nailed down an exact budget but under $300K including repair cost. And I work with a lot of local contractors so I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to send a little business their way!