All Forum Posts by: Lance Middleton

Hello Local STL Investors,

I am grad student at WashU and am trying to learn as much as I can about rental property investing/rehabbing. I thought I could offer "free" labor for anyone in the area who are doing their own do-it-yourself rehab projects. I have little experience with fixing up properties and I am willing to offer labor in exchange for rehab experience or any RE investing advice/mentoring that you could provide me. While I am in no place to invest right now, I am trying to learn as much as I can about rental property rehabs, fix-and-flips, BRRRR strategy, etc. I figured hands on experience with local do-it-yourself rehabbers would be a great way to learn as well as help out others in the area. Please let me know if I could be of any help to anyone! Thanks guys!

Thanks @Perron Riley, @David Ounanian, and @Matt Motil. It's so neat to see so many active users here that are willing to be a resource to me. I appreciate it guys!

Thanks for the reply @Scott Trench! You are an inspiration to me and I hope to be in your shoes some day! This new change of mindset has really helped push me through some rough times. I am actually enjoying learning for the first time and I am very thankful I found BP.

@Bryan Pham, Thanks Bryan! I'm actually signed up to attend my first event next Thursday. 

@Megan Greathouse, it's neat to hear from a local. I appreciate the willingness to connect!

Hello BP members! My name is Lance Middleton and I am a 23 year old graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis. I am getting my masters degree in mechanical engineering this May(2018). This past summer I went on a knowledge binge mostly reading self help books and after reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and "Cashflow Quadrant", I quickly became aware of the power of real estate investing. I starting reading blog posts on the topic and eventually stumbled upon BiggerPockets about 2 months ago. Since then I have listened to about 40 BP podcast episodes(and counting) and am currently reading "Set for Life" by Scott Trench. It's safe to say that I have the bug and have no intentions to stop learning. To get to the point, I plan on living frugally and saving at least 50% of my income and after a year in the industry I plan for my first deal to be a house-hack. I'd like to get into the buy and hold game with fixer upper multi-family rental properties and attain financial freedom early on(Age 35 is my goal). While I have only had a couple internships in the engineering industry, it has always been evident to me that engineering is not something I want to do for the rest of my life and having the option to change my career would be nice. Until I have the liquid assets to buy this first property, I plan to keep educating myself through books/blogs, attend local REI meetups, and become an active member of BiggerPockets Forums. Thanks for reading my first post and I can't wait to meet fellow BP members whether its virtually or through a local meetup! Cheers! :)