All Forum Posts by: Chris Bounds

Welcome @Jeff Hsu,

You're in the right place! Be sure to also plug into some of the many local REI meetings around Houston.

I thought about doing a 1031, but I wanted to put the cash into several flips.  So far, that has turned out to be a good decision in this case.

Like others have said, RICH is a pretty good club to attend.  If for nothing else, they have a lot of classes that you can attend throughout the month for free with your membership.

@Jonathan Bonck mentioned a few other good ones. One missing is Jet Lending's monthly meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Texans Bar & Grill. It's not a club, but it's probably one of the largest REI meetings in Houston. Typically there are over 200 investors and vendors there.

Thanks everyone!  So far so good.  We have 3 deals under contract this month with 2 more in the works.

The Wealth Club is towards that side of town.  I do not go to their meetings (far from Sugar Land), but I'd imagine being in that area there will be a few other Galveston area investors as well.  

@Shane Woods, it looks like you took the balls-to-the-wall home study approach knocking out the license course in 30 days.  I did the same thing last winter. It was daunting at first, but chipping away at it before work, during lunch, and later in the evening was worth the struggle.  I wish I did it years sooner.

For anyone wondering, I used the Real Estate Express course and found it very easy to use.  I passed my exam on the first try.  I never went through the trouble to find out what my exact score was though.

Great job @Alex Applebee!

 That's exciting to hear.  Good luck Jimmy!

@Reed Starkey, well if your business is tracking and growing that sounds like a good problem to have. Take the 4 Hour Work Week approach and head off to somewhere in exotic😉

Thanks!

@Michael Woodward, I worked a pretty flexible job from home so it won't take long getting used to it. Not having divided attention will be a huge plus though!