All Forum Posts by: Jason DeBraux

Congrats Thomas on your new deal for the new year! 

Welcome to the BP community Cindy.  This site is filled with resourceful information.

Welcome Jackie to the Bigger Pockets community! I'm located in Chesapeake, VA area and I hope to invest in the near future.

First of all Congrats for turning your life around.  I believe as long as there is a will to get into the real estate business than there is a way to get into the real estate business.  You may have to do a lot of "proving people wrong" but if you want it bad enough than you can and will succeed.  

Now I'm a newbie that's still learning and this is my $0.02.  

Congrats on your first deal!  I'm truly happy for you.

Thank You all for the encouragement and wise words.  I look forward to going to more meetings and learning as much as possible.  

I recently joined my local Real Estate Investors club in my area and the topic of today's meeting was using OPM (Other People's Money).  I was actually excited that I didn't feel lost in the meeting with all the different acronyms they used thanks to BP.  I actually got to meet and socialize with some of the local investors in the area.  We had a "soft" money lender do a presentation on how his company loans to investors all over the country and how their rates are much more reasonable than a hard money lender.  I'm still wet behind the ears but I'm glad that I was in the room with people in the business and I plan to attend more meetings in the future and eventually get a property under contract.

 Thank You for that comprehensive answer Brian.

I think probing on why he's going this route is the best suggestion.  Don't be afraid to ask him uncomfortable questions but also be transparent with him letting him know that this is not common so you need to know why he's going this route.  I hope it all works out for you.

Thank you for sharing your story.