New Investor in DFW, Texas

[Edward Webb]

Hello everyone, I am Edward. A Six year Navy Veteran that is rapidly approaching the end of my service time.

I joined the Navy because I was not in the best financial situation. I was in college, working as close to full time at minimum wage as I could. I wasn't having luck in the job market, and I was making about half what I needed to in order to pay my bills. I didn't know how to reduce my bills, and I didn't know how to make money. So I signed my contract to join the Navy. I made E-6 in 5.5 years. I decided the military lifestyle wasn't for me and began my separation process much to my commands dismay. I was a RADAR technician for the primary fire control RADAR on AEGIS warships. I quickly took over as the Work Center Supervisor and lead technician, then moved on to be the Leading Petty Officer and did a very short stint as the interim Leading Chief Petty Officer. I spent 3.5 years stationed in Yokosuka, Japan.

I started reading books about finance and investing and quickly fell in love with the subject. Now that I am nearly out of the Navy I've decided it is time for me to begin my investing career. I want to go to college for finance and real estate and get my real estate license in Texas. I want to build a strong rental investment team of fellow investors and hopefully sell to my team as well as utilize their experience to grow my own business.

I also dream of building a strong online presence and consulting those less fortunate in how to rise up out of their situation and never struggle again. I was the high school student on the free lunch program that wasn't sure if I was eating another meal or not. And I want to help others stay out of that way of life. One day I want to speak at high schools and colleges and help younger people build their own portfolio of income streams.

I am currently looking into a few different paths for my first property. Please leave some advice for me on my other post at this link:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Thank you all and I look forward to learning from and working with you.