Stay At Home Mom Turned Investor from Mid-east Missouri

[Rebecca Bauer]

ABOUT ME

I am currently a stay at home mom and my youngest son starts Kindergarten in the fall. I was formerly a special education teacher for 10 years. However, the requirements we put on our teachers these days are not conducive to raise and support a family so I am re-entering the workforce in the real estate market. 

I started the classes to earn my real-estate salespersons license this week and will be licensed by summer. The first house I sell will be our own house and we will be using the equity from our current home to purchase two small properties. One to live in and one to rent. (Or one multifamily to house hack!)

We are located midway between St. Louis and Columbia, MO. About 20 minutes from the two fastest growing cities in Missouri, Wentzville and O'Fallon. 

OUR PLANS (as of today anyway!)

We are going to start primarily as buy-and-hold investors with the goal of purchasing two units per year. We have a goal of 8-10 units owned outright in 5 years. This is made possible by dumping my entire income as a realtor into our investments, as we are currently living on one income and will continue that practice. This will allow my husband to "retire early" and join me in the real-estate market. At that point the possibilities are endless, we have visions of flipping and wholesaling during the school season and enjoying our family during the summer season. 

OUR WHY

We have big travel plans for our family. We want to expose our kids (and ourselves) to the world. Spend time in cultures different than ours and eventually do more purpose driven travel to serve in poverty stricken places of the world. (And we also want to ride all of the big roller coasters of the world!)  

PRO MEMBER PLANS

I plan on becoming a Pro-Member in March. (This month we bought real-estate salesperson classes!)