All Forum Posts by: Jeannette Tang

@Anthoney Hanks thanks for your encouragement! :)

Would love to hear how your experience has been juggling being a developer and a real estate agent.

Hello! I'm pretty new to both real estate investing and BiggerPockets, so please forgive me if this has been asked before.

I recently read The House Hacking Strategy by Craig Curelop and believe that this may be a great way for me to start my real estate investing journey. Looking at available houses around me, I'm getting anxious that maybe where I live doesn't make sense to house hack. 

I do not own a car and DFW is not quite public transportation nor bike friendly, so I prefer to live conveniently close to work (I walk to work right now). I work right at the border of Plano/Frisco, which the area has grown exponentially the last few years, making the housing prices go way up. Not sure if the numbers and the DFW lifestyle make sense for me to house hack in this city.

Any advice? If you're in the Plano/Frisco (or just DFW) area and currently house hack, I'd love to hear how you're doing and how you got started!

Hello! 👋🏻

I'm Jeannette, originally from Houston TX. I moved to Plano/Frisco TX a couple years ago for my first job as a junior software developer for Toyota. I never learned much about personal finances or finances in general, so just a few months ago, I tried to find some podcasts to listen to while I run. I stumbled upon BiggerPockets podcast and was immediately hooked and inspired by all the stories that were shared in each episode. I think it's amazing how some people start from very little and can still become financially independent. I never thought I could do it because I always thought investing was for the rich, and I came from a family where I was eligible for free lunch in grade school. Few podcast episodes later, I'm now motivated to try real estate investing myself.

Right now, I am completely a noob at this. I thought I'd turn to the BiggerPockets community to try to educate myself more and hopefully find any helpful Pocketers whom I can learn from. I'm usually afraid to ask questions and this is actually my first time trying to participate in an online community, but I'm really looking forward to all the advices and information I can find here. 

Please feel free to drop in and say hi! The real biggest reason I'm here is to be surrounded by people who are trying to achieve the same goals, so we can keep each other accountable! ☺️