Emily from Houston, San Antonio, Las Vegas, LA and Chicago :)

[Emily W]

Howdy all,

I'm Emily from Houston, Tx. I've lived in San Antonio, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and now reside in Chicago.

Grew up in Houston and lived for 6 months in San Antonio. I don't remember much about the San Antonio market but I remember the city had great vibes. I was living in Las Vegas as the real estate bubble was at it's absolute peak. You know, the time when people on TLC's Flip This House were making $75k on one flip.

Moved to the armpit of Los Angeles...Van Nuys and worked for a little crooked family run real estate business with 2 offices for $8 an hour plus "commission." There was the manager me and 2 others.

After about a month of being there, the other woman quit. I asked the remaining guy how many loans has he "closed," he claimed he had many in the pipeline but hasn't closed one in the whole YEAR of working there. I still stuck it through in hopes that they would help me get my real estate license. They claimed it was my own responsibility. Losers... I told them some BS about taking a couple days off for a sickness in the family and never saw them again.

I've always been a vagabond so it was easy for me to fly across the country for long sabbaticals. A friend invited me out to Chicago and I never looked back. I'm leasing a nice place downtown, going back to formal school for a web development degree and have my eyes peeled for slow and steady investments.

Cheers!