All Forum Posts by: Tahg Jones

Hi Tahg, 

My experience is outlined here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Let me know if you have any follow-up questions. 

Thank you! 

Networking is vital, of course, but YOU Have to bring value. I meet with lots of newbies and they think they value they are bringing in order to tap in to my full team and resources is that they are "going to be doing lots of deals in the future," and the expectation is that everyone stop all of the deals we currently have going and pool all of our time and resources in to them.

It's a story as old as time- everyone on this board is "going to be doing lots of deals in the future," but the facts are that very few people will ever make any moves at all. 

If you want to build a team, meet people in your local market who are actively doing deals like you want to do. Buy them lunch, be humble, ask lots of questions. Be gracious and thank them, offer to provide them with value somewhere that they need. 

On the agent side of things there's a very common mistake that newbies make- they find an new, inexperienced agent who is willing to do anything the client asks and is available 100% of the time to them. That's not your agent- that's an unemployed and desparate person. Find an agent who is actively doing deals, lots of investment deals- at least 20 or 30 every year. They may not be available to you 24/7 and they may guide you through the process and tell you NOT to make that offer with the price and terms that the BP calculator spit out- that's what you want. A person who knows the market well enough and can guide you through the process to actually acquire a property.

Finally- a local lender is 10000% always better than the best quote you find online for a mortgage. Work with someone reliable who you can sit down with at coffee or their office when there is a problem, and there will always be a problem. Those discount brokers online will ghost you as soon as it gets difficult and leave you holding the bag. 

Best of luck!

If I were you I would spend more time on Bigger Pockets because you have such a large audience here who can be very helpful.  Start reaching out to BP members to ask questions and never be shy to ask for help.  Figure out who does what and try to get advice from members who have experience or work in each catagory.   The forums are great because you can post in the forums based on the questions in general.

Have a Lender question go to Lender or creative financing tab and ask away! Have a Realtor question about BRRR or house hack go to the real estate strategy and ask away.

Sending a private message is another great way if you want a certain answer and do not want to post in the open forum.  Great way to have a one on one discussion back and forth in detail.

If you have any bank/lender questions let me know if I can help answer anything.