New Guy - Austin, TX

[Josh Gatlin]

Hello,

My name is Josh Gatlin, I am a Junior studying Finance and Economics with a Real Estate focus at the University of Texas at Austin. I joined the site because of the awesome educational value it provides especially to a young investor. I have been a licensed realtor working for a commercial real estate company out of downtown Austin and am looking to make my first investment purchase soon since I have spent the last year advancing my knowledge of the Austin real estate market. I look forward to growing my knowledge through everyone's respective expertises. If you have any advice on career paths coming out of college I would love to hear your advice. I am looking to get a new internship for a larger commercial real estate company than my current one working in Investment Banking, as a financial analyst, or possibly doing capital market research. By doing this, I hope to open up possibilities to enter the real estate Private Equity field later on down the road but my main goal is to find a job that puts me in a position to learn as much as possible and prepares me the most to eventually succeed in starting my own real estate investment company. I feel putting myself in position to maximize my growth and knowledge in the industry will pay off more in the long run than simply looking for maximizing my salary. Again, any advice would be welcome. I look forward to becoming involved in the site and learning from everyone.