All Forum Posts by: Shelby Williams

Just moved to Spokane from the west side and am looking for information on local meetups. If anyone has any information I would love to hear about it.

Thanks!

@Tyler Morgan I would be interested in seeing the 2017 report as well. 

Thanks!

@Lane Kawaoka I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "hear your BS". But I am curious, where did you get your masters in CM from? What construction industry did you work in? Residential, Heavy Civil, Commercial?

@Lori Valene Thank you! I will look into coming to one. What do these meet ups usually consist of? Mostly just networking?

@Account Closed that definitely makes sense and is something to think about. I guess I will have to decide which route I want to take once I finally get a property. 

@Account Closed would it not be beneficial to pay off the student loan faster? Sure you'd have decreased cash flow for awhile but then you'd be reducing your liabilities and the total amount that you would have to pay back over time. Then you could use that extra money to roll back into investments?

@Julie Marquez thank you for the advice! I will look into those loan options and keep my eyes open for the "deal".

Thank you all for the advice, house hacking will most likely be how I get started. At first I was thinking that I would wait until I payed off my student loans to start investing, but now I'm thinking I may try and purchase some cash flowing properties to help cover my student loan payments so I can use my income to save for more. Any advice or stories of someone who used this strategy?

My name is Shelby Williams, I am 23 and I'm from the town of North Bend which is about an hour outside of Seattle Wa. I am a recent college graduate with a B.S. in Construction Management from Central Washington University and am currently working for a Marine construction contractor in the Tacoma area.

I joined Bigger Pockets because I know very little about real estate investing but am excited to learn. My current real estate goal is to just learn as much as possible until I am ready to do my first deal (which I hope to do in the next 1-2 years). My long term real estate goal is to purchase rental properties that cash flow and create passive income that I can use to roll back into my investments and increase my portfolio. 

Like many others my interest was sparked by reading the book "Rich Dad Poor Dad". Reading it changed my mind set about working and creating wealth, but didn't give me many tips on how to actually accomplish those goals. Since reading that book I have attempted to dive into the knowledge on Bigger Pockets and read as many blog posts and listen to as many podcasts as I can. 

I hope to connect with people who are much smarter than I am who are willing to share their knowledge about real estate investing.