All Forum Posts by: Craig Smith

Hey Ian, Nicole is right. Dundalk is a great area of the county for section 8. There are a couple homes that are listed on Sollers Point Rd. but like Nicole said you're looking at more like 60k purchase price in the county. 30k would be difficult to find. Also Parkville in Baltimore county has a demand for section 8 on the county/city line as well. Around Morgan St. University. Again your purchase price will be around 60-80k.

Welcome to BP Steven, I'm on the same path as you actually and just got licensed and affiliated with Keller Williams. I definitely shopped around to see what each brokerage offered and nobody came close to the new agent training that KW offers. But ultimately I suggest meeting with different brokerages and see what fits you best. Good luck with everything and feel free to message me with any questions you may have.

Btw Tiarra Worsley the 2 podcasts with J Scott are 10 and 63. He is actually in our local market too so he's a great person to reach out to.

Welcome to BP Tiarra Worsley I'm going through the same process you and your husband are. I just got licensed and signed on with Keller Williams. They have great training for new agents and I think learning your local market is a good place to start. Also check out the BP podcasts. Especially the ones with J Scott . He goes into great detail about flipping and how to analyze deals. I'm still new but if I can be of any help feel free to reach out. Good luck with your new career.

Congrats @Kyle Gregg, way to persevere.

I just wanted to take a second and say @James Wise did a great job on the podcast today. For those who are active on the site here you know James is very helpful and goes out of his way to answer questions to newbies like myself or just anybody he can help out in general. I really suggest if you haven't heard today's podcast you should definitely give it a listen. There's a lot of good info from building partnerships to tenant screening and everything in between. P.S. sorry about your CAVS James, lol

@Account Closed, I couldn't have said it better myself, and I'm the same way as far as listening to podcasts or reading Real Estate books whenever I have a free moment. I just want to teach my kids the value of money and how to attain it. I never had that growing up so I don't want them to have the same struggles I had but at that same time know how to build success from the ground up. Good Luck on the new potential rental!

@Account Closed, yeah that was a great podcast. I'm going to go back and listen to it again. I was trying to listen to it Thursday but having a 7 year old and 2 year old running around is pretty distracting, lol. I agree 100% with your idea of quality over quantity. I want my investments to be very well thought out so that they are a great asset I can pass on to my children and not a liability. Thanks again for all your advice.

@Account Closed's house hacking technique, lol. Is that what you were referring to when you said to live in a multi family? Basically live there and rent out the other units and try to break even or cash flow a little?

Thank you @Account Closed, I agree that the least amount you can keep for yourself the better and make those sacrifices early in your career. This reminds me of the BP podcast 113 with Jay Papasan where he said him and his wife set a strict budget to live off of and invest the rest. I guess it just takes discipline and always keeping in mind what your long term goals are.