All Forum Posts by: Ryan Dixon

@Stephen Haynes Thanks Stephen

@Dan Baker Thanks for the tips—you're right. This site is full of great information. As soon as my wife gets out of nursing school, we plan on breaking into real estate. In the mean time, we're trying to self-educate as much as possible. 

@Joe Bertolino I've been impressed by how much people can do with education salaries. Very cool. 

@Jennifer King Thanks for the recommendation and the well wishes! Good luck on your course / exam :)

@Max T. Very cool. My wife and I hope to buy a duplex when she gets out of nursing school. I'm glad to see it works for other people. 

@Chris V. Thanks for your response! I plan on getting a real estate license in large part because of what I heard on the BP podcasts. I'm about 20 podcasts in, and number of people I've heard interviewed have recommended just getting the license regardless of what role you want to play in real estate, partly because it gives you access to the MLS. I am also thinking about eventually becoming a certified property manager, which seems to require some real estate experience. Mostly, I just want to open doors for myself, and getting the license isn't that expensive relative to other educational expenses (unless I'm missing something).

Additionally, teaching math isn't my dream job, and I am interested to see whether I might enjoy selling real estate. If it doesn't work out, I certainly have a back-up plan. I may go to grad school in a few years.  But I'm thinking pretty seriously about trying realty on for size before I drop $40k to do that. 

Hello everyone, 

I'm Ryan. I'm originally from Arizona but moved to California two years ago to teach high school math in Stockton. I'm 27, and my wife is 24. We are hoping to retire as landlords with cash flow that will sustain a comfortable retirement. At least that's the plan for now.

For the next two years, I will continue to teach math (not my dream job) while my wife is in nursing school. After that I hope to break into real estate somehow ( I've yet to decide exactly what I'll do—I'm in the early stages of education/exploration). We remain unsure as to whether we will want to move back to Arizona or stay in California, so I figure that over the next two years, I will try to get a real estate license in both states. 

Right now, I'm looking for a solid real estate course I can take in California. So here's my first BP question, intended for the Californians in the community:

What real estate course would you recommend?

I should note that I would prefer an online course if possible (I think that's approved in California?) because I teach school until the evening, will be traveling throughout the summer, and will be supporting my wife through a pretty rigorous nursing program in the fall. Your thoughts?