Newbie in San Antonio

[Diana Lealaimatafao]

Hello everyone! My name is Diana, I've been a BP member since September, my focus is fix & flips. But I eventually want to invest in real estate using the BRRRR method. My first "encounter" with real estate investing was around 2004 when I read "Rich Dad Poor Dad", but I was living in the middle of nowhere at the time and then family obligations put things on hold for me.

I revisited the idea two more times (2007 & 2010) but hit roadblocks, got discouraged, and decided to work on my college education, get a cosmetology license, open up a small makeup boutique (which is now closed) & focus on my three student athletes. 

After I closed up my boutique and my youngest packed up for college last summer, I was like "now what"? I decided that I needed to work on my exit plan from my current job and I bought this interesting book called "How to Invest in Real Estate: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Getting Started" which led me to finding this forum and the BP podcast (I try to listen to daily--it's a great distraction from traffic driving home from work). Since then, I've joined my local REIA, connected with a couple of realtors, investors, wholesalers, contractors, lenders, and will get to see the flip process firsthand this month. I feel it took me forever to get here. So I'm super excited for this journey and the next stage of my life!