All Forum Posts by: Stephen Smith

@Sean Murray The U of R is a quite a nice school. Thank you for the support, and my girlfriend and I would be interested in grabbing some coffee. I'll be sure to keep in touch.

@Daniel Travis and @Kendall Green , my girlfriend and I would love to meet up and chat about the real estate climate in CA and investing out of state. Would you two be free next weekend, on the 16th, for lunch?

@Gilian Gegawin, thank you for the welcome and I look forward meeting up and chatting with many of the people here on BP!

@Bradley De comarmond, Thank you for the suggestions, I'll keep your advice in mind. I definitely don't want to burn out. I would prefer to be in this for the long haul.

@Jo-Ann Lapin, thank you for the welcome and offering to network and assist! We might come knocking about manufactured homes.

@Account Closed, Thank you! Redlands is a great place; I agree! I just recently moved out here to be with my girlfriend. Thank you for the suggestion and support. I'll keep moving forward.

Bryan, thank you for the welcome and the advice! I'll take a look there and see if I can start meeting people in my area. 

Hello everyone, my name is Stephen and I'm a newbie getting into real estate investing with my wonderful girlfriend Selina. She turned me on to the BiggerPockets podcasts, and we've been working together recently to try to make our way in real estate investing. 

That being said, I have no experience in real estate outside of the articles and videos I've read and watched from BiggerPockets. I'm currently a student studying math/chemistry and work part time as a tutor. I'm also learning to do bookkeeping for a friend's company.

My broad goal for real estate investing is to earn enough money to be financially independent. To start, I would like to begin renting out multi-family homes. 

I'm excited (and a bit nervous) to start being a real estate investor, but I'm looking forward to the experience. I hope that I can learn a lot from everyone here and contribute in my own way.