All Forum Posts by: Victoria Barger

Thank you! This is what I was hoping for if I needing a broker

Hi all,

My hubby and I are house flippers in Butler county, PA. I have considered getting my real estate license in the past, and even began the process at one time, but my program timeline expired. I'm considering restarting the process and with that, I have several questions:

If I become licensed, do I need to work for a broker in order to get the benefits from my license? For example, if I simply become licensed without working with an agency, can I have access to the mls? Can I place offers on properties? Can I sell my own properties?

If I do have to work for a broker, are there brokers out there that are willing to work with agents that are only interested in finding/selling their own investment properties?

Lastly, what real estate class/program do you recommend and why?

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for the encouragement, responses, and insight. I'm hoping that we will become more hands off as we move forward because I also agree that it will be what makes us sustainable. I have been binge listening to the podcast and my mind is blown with all of the concepts that I had never considered. I'm kind of embarrassed but equally excited to start applying everything. Thanks! 

I would love to be involved in future meet ups. My husband and I are flippers here in Butler. 

Hey! My husband and I are flippers in butler county. We are new to bigger pockets but would love to be involved in your meet up programs moving forward. 

Hi! My name is Victoria and my husband is Ben. We relocated to my hometown of Butler, PA (about an hour north of Pittsburgh) after the decline in the oil and gas industry in 2020 which left us jobless. We had "accidentally" flipped 2 homes through our previous personal homesteads and decided to give this a try full time, as we seemed to be profitable at it. In the time since establishing our LLC, we have flipped 3 homes in 2 years, doing almost all of the work ourselves. Since hearing the podcast, I know that a statement like that is gasp worthy for most of you. I'm struggling to wrap my head around how you all seem so "hands off" in comparison to ourselves in terms of labor, and so incredibly strategic as far as finding deals. As stated before, we do almost all of the work ourselves and all of our purchases so far for our business have been through our local courthouse- either sheriff or tax sale. Although our projects have been long in terms of time, all have been initially bought with cash and renovated by cash, blood, sweat, and tears. So, with relatively no/low holding costs, we have been able to be very profitable in our first 2 years in comparison to the "average job" in our area... mind you we work our tails off.... our entire lives are on the line for this, as well as our 3 kiddos that we only pray someday inherit a successful, profitable business if they want it. As private, non investor buyers begin to pour into court house sales as they also can find no inventory, we are now feeling the rope around our necks becoming tighter and tighter as to what we need to do next to be sustainable. I'm incredibly thankful for the podcast as I'm feeling inspired to try things to obtain deals that I may have never tried previously. Thank you all for sharing your experiences! I look forward to continuing to learn and grow from this experience.