Our pet's heads are falling off!

[Andrew Scott]

Big howdy from east TX!

I love this forum; my wife hates it. Sometimes I'll dive into BP as soon as I get home from work, and then in a little while I'll look out the window and realize it got dark like 3 hours ago. I just wish a found out about yall 3 years ago...

I guess we kind of got into real estate about 3 years ago without even knowing it. We bought our first home (with cash, ignorantly..) which we thought, at the time, was an alright deal. Fast forward to today...not so much. That town that we lived in is turning into a ghost town on top of that area still being a depressed market. We've since moved to Athens, about 30 miles away, into another house that we paid cash for and I'm going to be forced to rent the first one out b/c I don't want to sell it for a loss.

Now, since I found biggerpockets, I've become intrigued in RE investing and am understanding a lot of things I've never contemplated before...ie. being a landlord is OK and maybe I shouldn't of bought the houses outright...

Anyway, the old hindsight's 20-20 deal...

A little about my wife and me: I'm a meter reader for a natural gas company and I'm also in the Air Force reserve, and she's an elementary music teacher.

My goal at this point is to just educate myself. I could buy several rentals right now and would like to in the near future, but I really need to learn the business first. I don't want to jump the gun like I did 3 years ago.

Again, I love the forum. It's a great resource!

I would love everyone's 2 cents if you have something off the top of your head, even if you think its common sense (remember, I'm ignorant).

Andrew

[Chris DeTreville]

My ex-wife didn't like the site either. One day right out of the blue she sent me a john deere letter. She gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her or something...I don't know...I wasn't really paying attention.