Recent College Grad Wanting to Get Ahead

[Grayson Dampier]

Hey there everybody!

My name is Grayson Dampier, I recently graduated from ACU last May and have been living/working in Dallas, TX for almost a year now. In college I became very interested in buy/hold real estate when I had to move out of the dorms at the end of sophomore year and had to begin looking for properties. I found the hunt/search for an awesome property for me and my friends to live in and find it at a good price/location/size/condition etc. was such fun and I truly enjoyed it in a way I would've never thought. Since then throughout the remainder of college I began to dabble and read around the BP forums, listened to a few podcasts, watched some youtube videos etc.

I'm interested in rental properties, and think I have a good network in Abilene (where I went to school) to be able to have a steady flow of renters to the students and as a bonus, the real estate there is fairly inexpensive so seems like a good place for a beginner. I've began reading Brandon Turner's book on Rental Property Investing and am loving it so far.

I'm very interested in the BRRRR method (listened to the most recent episode of the podcast today actually and would love to read David Greene's book on this next) but might potentially try and house hack as my first investment here in the Dallas area. I'm currently saving 50% of my income every month in the hopes of doing my first deal and getting the ball rolling within a year or sooner.

Anyways, just here to learn as much as I can, have a community to be able to ask questions.

[Grayson Dampier]

@Christina H. That's awesome, so nice to hear there are other people familiar with the area on here! I think it has the potential to be a great investment area for me as I am familiar with the market and have connections there! 

It sounds like we're about in the same spot on our REI adventure, would love to connect with you and hear some of your thoughts on the area/what you're learning so far!