All Forum Posts by: Jake Thornhill

@Dedric Polite Thanks man! Looking forward to meeting you at the Triad REIA meetings!

@Mahmoud Y. Elhalawany  I actually did listen to her podcast and check out her website. Was hoping to connect with her at some point.  Have you met her?

Thanks @Mike Maloy, really appreciate it man! I'll definitely check them out. 

@Mahmoud Y. Elhalawany You'll have to let me know how it goes on April 18th! I would actually come out there next week, but we have a crazy week at work. I may get them on my calendar and try to go earlier though. 

@Nathan Faucett Yeah you're right. I actually almost went to one last month and then just wondered how open they'd be to those who hadn't even started in RE. But truthfully the connections are nothing but beneficial. Thanks for the advice man! 

Thanks guys!! @Jason Coleman @Ehsan Rishat@Joshua Braskett @Andy Brohard

Hey Mahmoud, 

  Thank you man - I appreciate it! I haven't yet, but I started getting their emails recently. My plan is to start attending once I close my first deal, but I may possibly start going before then. Have you been to any meetings yet?

Hey Mike, 

   Just wanted to see how this project worked out for you... were you happy with the contractor you chose? I am hoping to get a few estimates for a project in the near future. 

Hey everyone! 

   My name is Jake and I am so excited to start engaging more with this community and with real estate. Just to offer a bit of my story... About a year ago I was exposed to the world of real estate and began to do my research. It wasn't long before I had to make a hard choice: pay back my final 25k worth of debt, or continue to make minimum payments and start investing in real estate. I decided to blitz my debt as hard as I could and in August of last year I became debt free. Shortly after this I started back into the world of Real Estate and found BiggerPockets in late December. Since then I have listened to 1-3 podcasts almost every day, read multiple books about real estate, read who knows how many blog posts, and sat down with a few successful investors. 

   Now that I feel like I have a good base of knowledge I have started my search for my first rental property. At this point I have been to 4 different properties, and have used the calculators on MANY more. My plan is to begin with Single Family and then hopefully move to multi-family investing. 

   I cannot begin to explain how surreal this process has been (though I am sure most of you understand) and I cannot wait to get my first property under my belt so I can start looking towards my second :) Excited to take a step deeper into this community and into my real estate journey!

-Jake