Hello everyone,My name is Shawn Questa, and I am an Architectural Designer and Real Estate Investor.

Commercial real estate is more likely to break and other changes with the new administration are likely to break things in ways that cannot be anticipated.

I never knew I would love real estate investing so much before joining REI Nation.

@Toby FellowsYou are correct, you need to ‘hang’ your license under a broker in order to practice real estate, and most brokerages require you to become a member of the National Association of Realtors as well.While you are preparing and taking your courses, contact several brokers and interview them to find out who might be a good fit.

He is our local expert realtor and real estate investor! 

I'm a real estate investor in other parts of the country but not NY due to the extremely high buy in price.

page=1&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Transactional:%20topic_notification&utm_content=Transactional#p5535505https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/ZacharyCole/referencesHere are my interviews on the BP podcast:Podcast Episode #847 https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-847Podcast Episode #994 https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-994Podcast Episode #626 https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-626I'll be happy to answer any additional questions you have so reach out at any point in time.

Unless you have a Roth SDIRA, there are significant downsides to investing in real estate with an IRA.  

@Brian Rocha I'm a real estate investor who's done fix and flips and BRRRR.

@Tom Wong & @Kevin Ing - my real estate partner is in and from Hawaii.