All Forum Posts by: Andrew Ferguson

I graduated with a degree in physics and I honestly look back at college now as a huge waste of time and money. You're going to spend most of your time taking elective classes for the first 2 years and even after that, the information you're getting is something you could acquire on your own. For example, I remember in high-school and university taking years of Spanish and when I left university I couldn't even understand a native person talking to me. Then, years later, I decided to pick it up and in 8-12 months I was communicating regularly with native speakers. I also now work as a software developer, something else I taught myself through self-guided courses. When I look at what they are learning in universities with software development it's sometimes decades behind. 

I can't speak for the field you're interested in but for most fields university is just something you do so you're not disqualified on job applications. It has prestige in people's minds but that's an antiquated view of education. 

All I'm saying is just know you have both options and don't feel like not-having a degree is somehow failing.
 

Glad I could start things off on Portland's most controversial topic ;) I appreciate the discussion and sharing around wholesaling and what it means in the Portland/Oregon area @Jacob Papp @Mike Nuss @Jesse Rivera @Jay Hinrichs

Hey @Mike Nuss , thank you for giving it to me as hard facts. I'm sure I could read over this several times and find new nuggets of info. I will read up as much as I can on what you referenced here and appreciate your final point of staying open minded on finding opportunity while developing. Hope to connect with you soon!

@Jenny Moore, Bremerton WA btw is a beautiful, not too distant place from me. My dad actually just moved to near Seattle. Thank you for the invite!

Hello Everyone,

I've recently moved to the Portland Oregon area (technically Hillsboro Oregon). I really want to build a life for myself in the area and so I am looking to get into real estate. Wholesaling has interested me for awhile now. Wholesaling seems like a great place to start and a great way to network as well. I would like to know real estate investors in the area so I can get a feel for the types of deals you like to do and put you on my first-call list, essentially do some leg work for you. I'd also be interested in knowing other wholesalers. I know the success rate of staying in the wholesale game is relatively low so maybe a network or entrepreneurs could help. Anyway, just glad to be here and to start getting involved. 

Andrew Ferguson 

I know I'm late to this party but thinking about putting a list together of alameda county properties that are tax delinquent (> 1 yr and < 5yrs behind) and have the owners last known mailing address. Thinking like $250 for it, @ and/or message me if you'd be interested in this. @Raquel Pea