Newbie in Houston Texas

[Cullen Hairrell]

Howdy BP nation! I am a new BP member with plans to use 2019 as a springboard into a real estate investing. My wife and I both graduated from Texas A&M University in 2016 and moved to Houston after taking a 6 week backpacking trip across Europe. 

Professionally, I have a mechanical engineering degree and work in the commercial HVAC construction industry in Houston. Throughout high school and college I worked on commercial construction projects, which has made me comfortable in the contracting world. 

I grew up in a small town outside of College Station, which taught me how to fix most things I get my hands on. No one in my family has ever invested in real estate, but it's been something that has piqued my interest since college and I have searched Zillow and HAR daily for the past 2 years to try to learn the Houston market. Only recently has my wife introduced me to the BP podcast, which has been the catalyst to turn an interest in real estate into actual plans to make something happen. 

The ultimate goal is to build passive income through rental properties to open up the ability to travel. Our goal for our first property is to find a multi-family property to house hack and live-in-flip in Houston.