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Are there any Real Estate brokers whose main focus is REI in the Wesley Chapel, Florida area? My wife and I have our license and are looking for a broker to park our licenses with. I want to focus on RIE while my wife wants to learn the ins and outs of of being a real estate agent.

I know that I have the option to join a big R. E. company but that is not the route I want to go. My wife is happy with being a sales agent.

Any help out there? 

Welcome to BIggerPockets! My wife and I are licensed agents who also want to start to careers in REI. We also live in the Wesley Chapel area. There is a plethora of great information here on BP. Start listening to their podcasts and connect with others. Good luck and blessing!

I hope to meet great people on here soon., and be able to utilize all the extra tools that are awesome options that come with the pro upgrade .

Greetings,

My name is Mike Lopez and my wife Angela and I have been member of BP for a couple of months. I currently live in Wesley Chapel, FL and work full time in the Tampa/St. Pete area. I am seeking an RE mentor that is graciously willing to spend a small amount of time, when available, on the weekends over breakfast to help me and my wife ease our way back into this business. I am willing to trade physical labor if the mentor needs it, for knowledge and guidance. I have been listening to the BP podcasts since day one, (currently at episode 68) and reading different books to gain some knowledge of what professional REIs are doing to become successful in their specific area of RE. Although I am currently in the telecommunications industry, I have owned my own hardwood flooring business and been around construction just about my entire life. I have successfully flipped one house approximately ten years ago, but I did not keep investing due to the housing market crash. My wife and I have just passed the Florida real estate exam but have not “parked” our licenses with a broker yet. As my shift changes this July, I will be able to give and spend more of my time during the daytime hours focusing on real estate. I have heard many others on the BP podcasts who have worked a full time job while working their real estate business. I understand it will be extremely difficult, but I also know that the goal is achievable, and I am willing to put in the work. Nothing is too hard for me, for I have not only been a business owner in one of the most labor intensive jobs in construction, but also served in the Marines, went back to school and earned a degree while raising two children and working a full time job in a managerial position. I understand commitment for my wife and I have been happily married going on 23 years, March 13, 2016.

If you are interested in mentoring two highly motivated, eager to learn and hardworking, responsible adults, please contact me at 813403103 or at [email protected].

• My current work schedule is Mon-Fri 10:30am-7:30pm with weekends off.
• My schedule shift changes in July. I will be working a later shift, with more daytime hours available to invest into RE investing.

Sincerely,

Mike & Angela Lopez

I just wanted to pay a compliment to the Bigger Pockets team and its community. Although my wife and I are somewhat new to the industry, listening to the podcasts and reading the great information provided by the BP "family", we KNOW that success will follow. 

The encouragement here is mindblowing!

I want to thank everyone for your kind words and encouragement! 

If there is anyone willing to mentor two willing and eager agents and future investors please message me. We are currently off weekends and are ready to learn. (We are currently meeting with local brokerages, looking a right fit.)

thank you!

Thank you for the warm reception! 

If there are any brokers or investors willing to mentor my wife and me from the Wesley Chapel, Florida, area please send me a message.

Thank you.

Greetings Everyone!

My name is Mike Lopez and my wife Angela and I have finally reached our first goal in real estate which was to pass the real estate licenses state exam in Florida. Although we know that you don't necessarily need to have your real estate license as an investor, but we saw much more value in having the license. 

I actually bought and rehabbed a home over 10 years ago before the market crash. I was actually able to see the home a few months before the market bottomed out and everything that followed caused my wife and I to freak out a bit because we did not know what to do next. I also have been in the hardwood flooring business for more than 15 years but had to close shop after the crash.

Since then, i returned to school and earned a degree in computer networking and never used the degree due to a promotion that provided me with more income. After almost 9 years in corporate life I am so ready to get into real estate again.

I found BiggerPockets and can't find myself leaving the site because there is so much great information here. I find the support here to be amazing and tremendously useful. I want to start a rehab business and but with the guidance and support that the professionals on this site can offer. I am looking for a mature, patient, but willing mentor in the Tampa, Wesley Chapel, Florida area that would also be a broker that would be willing to spend time with my wife and me to teach us the ropes while we offer our time to help with tasks you may need help with.

Please help for i am really ready to escape the corporate world that I have allowed to be enslaved to for way too long.

I also served in the Marine Corps for 6 years, so if any devil dogs out there, Semper Fi!

(we are also interviewing brokers to hang up our licenses with-any recommendations there?)

Mike Lopez

Does anyone know and trust Phil Pustejovsky and his company Freedom Mentors? I'm trying to do some research as a new agent, looking to get into real estate investing. I tried looking to see if he was on one of the podcasts but did not find his name. I'm not asking for a bashing session, just some advice on whether to turn and walk away or turn and run away? If the company is reputable, any information about the process would be helpful. I did listen to all of his new investor video on YouTube. The too good to be true voice in my head is quite loud right now. Thanks