All Forum Posts by: Alicia Busse

Thank you, Mike and Sergey! Both very helpful posts. I really appreciate you taking the time to write to me.

Hi Derek! Thanks for you reply. I definitely don't have enough for 20% down on my own. Have thought about starting in wholesaling but don't know how to start. I know there's a lot of resources on here, any you recommend? I was also told by a couple I sat down with the other day to get an FHA loan on a fixer upper, live in it for 2 years while fixing it up with my partner, and then selling that and using that capital. I don't really want to wait a whole 2 years to start getting in the game, but if it's the smart decision I'd be willing to do it.

Hi everyone! 

I'm new to the real estate world but I am hungry for knowledge and to network and learn from some incredible people who have been successful in real estate. For the last 3 months I have just been diving into different resources from books to online articles to podcasts (which is where I found BiggerPockets) and even meeting with a few people who I knew were in real estate to see where they got their start and what my next steps should be. 

My current career is in tech marketing and I love it but I am not a 9-5 cubicle type person AT ALL. I am creative, love to explore and people fascinate me. So basically I'm looking for financial freedom and a brighter future and to get out of the broke mindset that so many people around me have. 

My first question to this is obviously "where should I start??" I've gotten many opinions on this but I want to hear from the community. Did you all spend a lot of time researching about how to do things properly or did you just jump right in and buy a fixer-upper, fix it yourself and start learning? 

Thanks!!