Newer Agent in Richmond, VA

[Hezekiah Butler]

Hello everyone, 

In August 2018, I became a dual-career professional as I became licensed agent in VA. I live and work in the greater Richmond-Metro, VA area (RVA to locals). My first/other career is in public education, where I began as a high school teacher/coach and have moved into the Athletic Director role beginning about five years ago.

My goal is to transition out of education using real estate as a vehicle to do so.  Cutting the cord or going all-in is not a viable option for me at this time with two young children who like food at home.  While my education profession is stable, and I have been successful, I want to make a move into a more entrepreneurial world.  I want to be able grow and achieve more based on my skills, strengths, and work ethic.  I also want more control of my time and freedom to be with my family.  

Since becoming an agent, I continue to find myself attracted to the investing niche.  I discovered BP a month ago via The Book on Rental Property Investing and the BP Podcast.  My plan is to is to make the real estate investing world my niche so as to become one of the best agents in the area for investors.  Using this path, I also plan to build my own portfolio to achieve my ultimate goal of stepping away from education and making real estate my full time profession, both as an agent and investing. 

I want to learn and grow from every resource I can.  BP seems like the right place to do that.  My first 15 years professionally, from an operations and logistics standpoint, is different then the private world.  But the skills, hard and soft, translate well into real estate.  

I look forward to connecting and networking, growing and learning from this forum and BP in general!