All Forum Posts by: Anthony Augustyn

Also I’m pretty sure I’m messing up this whole tagging people business. Social media is not my forte.

Andrew Fredrickson the hardest part for me right now is not jumping on something prematurely. @David Greene talks about building a team, and that’s where I’m trying to focus at the moment. Baby steps right?

Alexander Felice I’d love to pick your brain about the area. The neighborhoods we’re looking at have definitely had an investor through. All the interiors are virtually identical. It’s pretty cool to see now that I’ve had my eyes opened up about this field.

Hey Andrew. I love all the information here. I discovered the site after reading a Reddit post about an investor who had built a solid portfolio in a short time was sharing. I’m so glad he did! I’m not sure what we’ll do in Fayetteville honestly. I’m thinking more buy and hold, but it really is going to depend on what the market can support in 3ish years when we move on. I have a few places I’d rather invest, but I’ll stick around if the numbers work. If that makes any sense? Being military we don’t have a lot of W2 income to work with so maybe building some equity and liquidating will work well, or maybe doing the BRRR thing will work better. Right now I just really want to get that first deal, and the second, and the third, and the.... Haha!

Thank you Andrew. Stuttgart is nice, but I’m definitely ready to come back to the States. It’s been a wonderful experience for my family. I don’t plan to buy at EVERY base, but will buy at any one that makes sense. Fayetteville seems to be a good opportunity right now. I’m feeling nearly inundated with information streams, which isn’t a bad thing. Currently I’m reading David Greene’s book on Long Distance Real Estate Investing. It has a ton of good information and will be extremely beneficial for me since I’m constantly on the move. I definitely recommend it. Thank you again for the welcome!

Good morning BiggerPockets community!  I am Tony Augustyn, a brand new real estate investor, getting started on the path.  Like a lot of people, I had an "awakening" after reading Rich Dad, and have spent the past couple of months reading and learning as much as I can.

I'm currently living in Stuttgart, Germany, and I'm Active Duty Army.  I recently found out I'll be headed to Fort Bragg, NC, near Fayetteville.  I've been married for almost 10 years, and we have 3 beautiful children.  My wife is fully supportive of my desire to dive into real estate, so I definitely count that as a blessing.  She's been an amazing full time mom for the past 5 years, and will likely continue for the foreseeable future. 

We're looking to buy our first deal as a sort of live-in flip type of investment. We aren't really sure what our niche will be, but are ideally looking for a SFH for our first. I'd love to get into multi-family, starting small at first and moving into larger properties. I love my job, and it's very demanding, so time is our biggest enemy at this point in our lives. I have around 10 years left in military before I intend to hang up the hat, so our goal is to replace my income before I retire (but hopefully we can do a lot more than that.)

I look forward to being more active on here, and hopefully meeting some fellow investors near Fayetteville!