Rookie from Houston Texas

[Albert Gonzalez]

Hello all! My name is Albert Gonzalez and I live around the Houston area. I have actually been a member here since 2013 but life happened and shifted focus and real estate took a back seat. A little about myself, first and foremost, I am a husband, father, and grandfather at the ripe age of 41 :) I grew up in a rough area of Los Angeles California and learned quickly that I did not want to end up there. I enlisted in the US Army and gained the discipline I needed along with seeing that there was a bigger world out there apart from the neighborhood. I married the love of my life at 19 and we have not looked back since. I currently work in Kazakhstan on a rotational basis for as an Advisor for an oil and gas company with a  specialization in IT/Telecoms. My IT career has taken me all over the world to include places like Afghanistan supporting our warfighters.  I am currently working on my real estate education mainly here on BP so I have been listening to the Podcasts and picked up some of the recommended reading from those podcasts. My immediate goal (next 12 months) would be to invest in a few buy and hold properties and also venturing into a potential flip. I am here to learn, network, and hopefully once I am a seasoned enough reciprocate and hopefully help out some people starting out also. Well that is me in a nutshell hopefully I didnt cause any of you to fall asleep. I look forward to meeting some great people and hopefully becoming a valued member here.

Regards,

Albert Gonzalez