All Forum Posts by: Trevor Rockhill

@James Call that is a nice way to look at it. I'm excited to learn more about everything. 

Thanks Christian! That sounds like the ideal path for sure! 

@Account Closed looking in Scandinavia, primarily Sweden 

@Caleb Heimsoth @Edward Cervantes 

@Logan Gerard @Aaron Beauchamp 

I meant to tag you all in my previous post just above. Is it common etiquette to do this? Is it likely you will not see the post if I do not tag? 

Thank you all for the responses! I definitely have lots of room to learn and I am seeing some lingo that I don't recognize (though context clues might go a long way!). As a novice I am curious to learn more about what the expected returns are for privately owned real estate and how that stacks up against the public capital markets. There are obviously many factors that would come into play there, and perhaps it's not possible to drill down a general expectation for that reason. Still, for the time and energy required of a "hands on" real estate investment, I'd imagine investors expect an ROI anywhere in the mid-to-high single digits, all the way up to the mid-to-high teens. I imagine these sorts of calculations are viewed differently too for cash flowing rental properties vs capital gains based flipping? Regardless, I think having some diversification through property ownership is probably a very good thing and the cash flow of rental properties is what sounds very appealing to me. I also love the idea of slowly building up a real estate portfolio over the course of 3, 5, 10 years.

Hi all! 

I'm excited to be here and I hope to this becomes a community I grow to actively participate in and contribute to. For a bit of introduction, I am a mid-20 something living in Dallas, TX and I currently work as an investment consultant. Outside of my day job doing portfolio management I am also a bit of a personal finance nerd and am very active in managing my assets and constantly thinking about the best way to put them to work. 

Real Estate is not something that has been on my radar and I think a large part of the reason for that is that it has always either seemed 1) out of reach due to cost, or 2) too much of a commitment to a specific location is required (which is a turnoff to me as I like the idea of being able to switch jobs and move to a new city at any point). I am starting to realize that these two points might not be as true as I thought. 

I currently invest in the stock market and save a significant amount of money from working at my current job. I would like to look into how real estate could fit into my plans for wealth accumulation and if it is a feasible and reasonable option for me. As sort of an exotic aside, a friend of mine and I have been considering the possibility of investing in a rental property in Europe. We believe there are some very compelling reasons for why this is attractive but we do not know a ton about how an investment like that might work. 

Right now I am just trying to learn from the community here.