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All Forum Posts by: Keegan Felix

Keegan Felix has started 1 posts and replied 3 times.

Post: Full time working mom of 3 in my 40's with 8K to invest

Keegan FelixPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Southern California
  • Posts 3
  • Votes 6
Quote from @Jaycee Greene:

Hey @Keegan Felix! Welcome to the BP Forum! You asked a question about cashing out a retirement account to invest in RE. Have you considered using a self-directed IRA to invest rather than cashing it out?


Do you have experience with a self-directed IRA? I'd love to hear more about that. My husband and I each have a ROTH IRA, I have a 403B and 401K, and he has stocks and options from his current and previous companies.

Post: Full time working mom of 3 in my 40's with 8K to invest

Keegan FelixPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Southern California
  • Posts 3
  • Votes 6
Quote from @Bruce Woodruff:
Quote from @Caleb Brown:

Can you move to a cheaper part of the country and house hack? 

This is the question I was going to ask....you are bucking the odds by staying in SoCal. Since your family is in KC, why not consider a move? So much easier to do this anywhere but where you are.

Of course you can do this anywhere if you are willing to work your butt off have a great attitude....but why make things  more difficult?



 My family is in SoCal and my in-laws are in KC. My kids are pretty settled in their schools and it would be hard to uproot them. Plus my husband's career is here. We've definitely talked about moving, but we aren't ready for that type of big move just yet. 

Post: Full time working mom of 3 in my 40's with 8K to invest

Keegan FelixPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Southern California
  • Posts 3
  • Votes 6

This is all very new to me, but I started listening to the BP podcast about a month ago and realized I have a strong interest in real estate investing. I'm using my workout time to educate myself daily and feel overwhelmed, but excited to get going. My goal is to create generational wealth for my family and to eventually have the financial freedom to say "yes" to travel adventures as a family. 

I'm open to suggestions for where to start investing. I have family in Kansas City, MO area so I thought that would be a good place to start since I could visit properties while visiting family. The other area I'd consider is Cleveland after listening to one of the BP podcasts and doing some research on that area. Multi-family units and investing for equity are my focuses to start, unless anyone has any other suggestions? Open to cash flowing properties too if the numbers are right. 

I have about 8K to start investing, which I know is not a lot, but with 3 kids living in SoCal, we are already pinching pennies. 

Looking to connect with other working parents who started this business adventure in their early 40's and made it work! After reading so many intros of young, single, eager individuals, I'm hoping I'm not too late to the game! 

Random question: has anyone cashed out their retirement (or part of it) to invest in real estate? Good move, or bad? 

Thanks for reading! Looking forward to connecting and learning!