All Forum Posts by: Joseph Greenebaum

I've considered getting my agent license, but some people are saying its not worth it due to the liabilities associated with it (I wouldn't be working as an agent full time). What should I be aware off as far as liabilities?

Currently I live in CA, I’d like to leave here eventually but my career won’t allow that. I was looking to invest OOS somewhere, haven’t dove into it much. I’m not sure about how it would work. If I find a location and house and everything in we’ll say texas…do I just call around and formulate a team out there to handle everything for me? I obviously can’t go out and see every property I’m interested in.

My question I guess is this: when investing OOS, is it feasible to have a manager/agent/contractor do all the hands on work while I sit here in CA trying to organize stuff over the phone..never actually seeing the property?

Funny, I just read this last night and had the exact same question. Thanks for asking.

Thank you!

I currently live in CA and can't leave in the forceable future. My current goal is to buy a single family residence and rent it out (Not sure if I want to do that in CA). I've read a couple books, so far including  "Real estate by the numbers". After a bit of reading, and hours of podcasts and videos, I still feal completely lost as to where to start. My idea now is that I can get my real estate license and the course will teach me some stuff about how the numbers work, and how to find deals and how the process will go in general. I also bought into the Real estate basics bootcamp here on Bigger Pockets. 

If I go out of state I have a lot of questions such as:

How do I find an agent?

How do I find a property manager?

If I decide a deal is good, how does all the money get moved around and how do people get paid.

Ultimately, I feel like I'm so green, I need a solid foundation and the best place I can get that is through some of these courses...and becoming a Real Estate Agent. Would this make sense or is there a better way? I already have a full time career that I'm very satisfied with so I wouldn't be working as an agent..its more just to acquire the knowledge.

Hello! I am enrolled in the bootcamp starting this September. I'm also enrolled in classes to get my Real Estate license here in CA...starting in august and ending in December. Will the real estate basics bootcamp consume a lot of my time? Is it possible to do both of these at the same time? Can I access the bootcamp material after the course has ended? Thanks!

I'm super green in investing. Was looking around and Madison County Alabama seems to be a decent area in terms of crime and what not. I'm still trying to do a lot of self teaching as far as how to work deals/find them/finance them. Mostly curious to know if anyone has invested in this area or even in Alabama. Any advice? Thanks!