@Garrett Ro Hey thanks! Best thing you can do now is learn as much as you can so you are able to pounce once a good deal comes along. I'll actually have an article coming out soon on house hacking your way through residency. A little late for you but still might be interesting! I also really like the idea of forming an actual group at midyear or something similar. I'll send you a PM so we can stay in touch.
@Laura Smith lol, no worries, those are just one's we learn from for next time. Definitely stay in touch and let me know if I can help with anything when you decide to pull the trigger on your first REI.
@Aaron Nelson Nice! Glad to hear I'm not the only one! And I hear ya on Seattle, absolutely gorgeous out there. I'd have a hard time staying out of Olympic NP and Mt. Ranier if I lived out there. I'd definitely send you a PM so we can stay in touch.
@Dalton Osmanski no worries, you definitely don't have to be a pharmacist to be included! And yeah its been a great opportunity for me to learn more investing by working with different types of investors and how they approach deals. Stay in touch!
@Mark Stone Nice! I don't know if I could overnight, maybe 7-on, 7-off so I could catch up on sleep. And I definitely feel the crunch of student loans, my wife and I are both pharmacists that went to a private university so you can imagine what thats like. I'll send you a PM and we can talk strategy! As for why I went RE for a side hustle- I agree that I could probably make more day to day if I just picked up another pharmacist position. The problem is two-fold. 1. I really don't want to work more as a pharmacist. My 9-5 is plenty lol. and 2. RE has no ceiling, the harder I work, the more I make. In pharmacy as a salaried employee, working harder often just means longer hours. Not to mention, I now get to mesh both my careers together and talk to pharmacists about real estate!
Thanks for all the replies everyone! This has turned into quite the thread.