All Forum Posts by: Brook Rieman

@Katie Stewart Thank you, we can’t wait to get going!

@Andrew Syrios Thanks so much!

@Damaso Bautista That would be great! You son is going to love IU.

@Dan Barli to get our feet wet I think we are going to try to do a single family home in Ellettsville, a town nearby, close to home since we will do a lot of the rehab work ourselves for the first one. The rental market seems pretty good there and there are not as many hoops with renting as there are in the city of Bloomington.

@Matthew Davis Hi there! I am a newbie from Bloomington, as well. Sounds like we are in the same boat. My husband got his broker’s license a few years ago, good luck on your new endeavor!

I’m so excited to have found Bigger Pockets! My husband Corey and I currently own a condo, a historic church and a single family home, all of which we rehabbed and I now Airbnb. I love Airbnb, but we are looking to invest in future properties in a less continuously labor intensive way. 3 properties are easy enough for me to clean myself but beyond that, we would need to hire cleaners more regularly and eat into our profit. 

My husband and I have been listening to BP podcasts and reading books like Rich Dad Poor Dad, FLIP and the ABCs of Real Estate Investing. Our goal is for my husband to be able to quit his current job which he does not love.  In addition to his 9-5 job Corey is a licensed real estate broker, however he does not put a ton of effort into that endeavor. Recently we had the ability for him to take a month of his regular job for paternity leave and it made us realize that our dream is to work for ourselves. We make a pretty good rehabbing team and we would like to have a way to work together everyday. 

We initially felt like flips would be our best move but after doing more research, the BRRRR method seems like a better deal.

Looking forward to getting to know you!