All Forum Posts by: Andrew McIntyre

Hello all, I would just like to give you my story and hopefully if any of you have ever had any experience with this you can lend some advice. I am currently enrolled in a technical school in California studying and preparing to work with Amtrak. I plan to make this my career while I save up and slowly build an investment portfolio to which someday I can hopefully do real estate full time. 

My fear at the moment is relocating to a new city without knowing anyone and nowhere to live once my schooling is finished. going back home (WY) is not an option for me because unfortunately they do not have a passenger rail service. I will most likely be relocating to Chicago, Florida, or the northern east coast. it all depends on what jobs are available once I get close to graduation. 

Right now I would just like to reach out and get to know some landlords in these areas who are close to any Amtrak stations 

I will keep this post updated for I have just a few months left or so until I graduate. 

Many thanks

Andrew McIntyre

@Bill S. Thank you Bill I appreciate you helping me out!!

@john 

@John Mathewson not a bad idea at all John thank you for your input!

so i'm guessing real estate agents get the scoop on a property before it is posted online, so  i guess what i'm trying to ask, is it better to get your leads through an agent rather than a site like zillow? im just wondering because after doing some research in a few markets i see that good properties don't even last a week on the site. would having good connections with an agent give you first dibs per se?

@Robert Gilstrap @Tim Jacob, you all have been very helpful and have exceeded the answer I was looking for, thank you for taking the time out of your day to help!

@Kim Meredith Hampton exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you Kim!

Lets say you are waiting for your property management to find someone to fill a unit. my question is what if YOU have found someone that you think would be a good candidate, can you contact your property manager and ask them to do their magic on this certain someone and get them in the unit? I hope this makes sense. 

@Elbert D. hey man good looking out thank you for the insight!

I am curious @Joe Fairless to see how your story started! I am currently 24 years old and i am going to school to be a locomotive engineer, my starting salary when the time comes will probably be around 70 to 100k a year and my goal is to just save and save for a few years even if it means living in a studio and eating ramen noodles haha but if im being realistic i hope to reach financial freedom by age 35! 

@Account Closed I am currently in school, but once i can come up with the funds i have thought a lot about house hacking with a similar situation like yours. maybe get a 4 plex and do the whole FHA route, I was just curious of what you had to do to get that. I am extremely new to this so bare with me please. what initial steps had to be taken and what kind of credit score do i need to be aiming for before they take me seriously, currently i think im around 520 :(