Hi! My name is Michael and I'm new to the real estate industry as a whole, so I'm here to network, educate myself and soak in as much information as possible. I started my career in the capital markets/fintech industries and now looking to make the change to real estate investment over the next few years. I'm located in Los Angeles, but...
I was adopted as an infant and spent my formative years living in the midwest. My family was typical middle-class America, and I was a middle-class kid from the tip of my head down to my hand-me-down shoes. Both parent's level of education concluded in 12th grade. My father worked a full-time blue-collar job and did construction projects on...
I've been a real estate investor since mid 90's, and have been doing it full time since 2008. I am seasoned in both buy-and-hold and fix-and-flip transactions.
I started my real estate journey with my first long distance buy and hold investing as a STR back in 2018 in Fort Worth Texas.
Ever since I became a:
. Realtor (California DRE #02134900)
. Loan Officer
(My brokerage firm "The One Brokerage" is nationwide but I personally am licensed in California NMLS #2332146)
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I was not happy in my old life and was looking for a way to improve myself. I was presented with an opportunity that made sense, from multiple trusted sources, and committed to it.
My wife and I looked at our situation and determined that I could do this full time, so I left my corporate job after 13 1/2 years and have jumped...