Dallas-Fort Worth Real Estate Investor Club

Greetings everyone!

I really enjoyed my first REI Club meeting today and am thankful to all those in attendance and for the sharing of stories, knowledge, and experience.  I'm thinking that this is going to be a good learning environment, so I am especially pleased with the recommendation I received to join this club from a long-lasting member, participant, teacher, and friend.  That being said, I'm taking small baby steps in these initial stages as I'm very green in this industry...  I have zero money for investment and my time is limited.  I work nearly 50-60 hours per week for two different employers and have a larger and young family.  Nevertheless, my short-term goal is to work some type of profitable deal in the next six months to get my feet wet and then one more after that to make two for the year.  Realistic or not?

Any suggestions for how to start up this engine and get it moving around the track?  Should I form a LLC, take some initial classes, etc.?  Other than joining this club and gleaning from others, what should be my next steps? 

Appreciatively,

Jimmie

 mandj14ip@att.net

817-907-2107

p.s. If I don't answer, feel free to leave a message.  I will return any calls as time permits.

Robin,

I appreciate your feedback and didn't take it to be harsh at all.  Everything you posted is right in there with my current thinking.  I do understand that time, commitment, effort, and monetary investments are essential to any business enterprise.  I am currently attempting to make the necessary decisions, time shifts, and investments for this long-term growth potential.  I guess it's just baby steps here at first and I'm trying to determine how to make the best use of my time and efforts while the schedule is still really hectic.  I suppose my initial post was intended to say what currently is and what I would like it to be.  Assuming this industry is the one for me (I'd know after a deal or two.), one of my post short-term goals would be to shift my efforts into just one place of employment in conjunction with the REI options. From there...I'd be dreaming on and pursuing them if you know what I mean.

I definitely want to hear your story and would like to get some more pointers.  I will take you up on your offer and call you on Monday if that is ok.  Is there a time that works best for you?

Sincere thanks,

jg

Jesus,

I appreciate the advice and agree.  Not sure how many Saturday mornings I can make here in the short term, so I will likely move up to the gold membership option so as to have audio/video access and also utilize this discussion forum on a regular basis.  I have freedom to listen to things while I work, so I can definitely multi-task and learn in this way in addition to posting and responding to discussion threads as time permits.

Anybody use the audio/video feed regularly?  Will it stream thru the iPhone?  Thoughts with this idea?

I'm also interested in the home study courses and am wondering which one(s) is(are) best suited for my novice stage.  Trying to prioritize and stage out my learning process...

Thanks,

jg

Jimmie, If you can, text me sometime after 11:30 AM today, and I'll call you back.  Thanks