My name is Hector Perez, co-founder of REI Flipping based in Houston, Texas. In this blog, I would like to share with you my real estate journey and how you and I could learn as we move forward and aim for personal growth not just financial gains.
I have been thinking for several months about starting a blog and sharing the ideas that I have learned in the business (my real estate journey), so others can learn and can fulfill their investing dreams.
This is how my real estate journey began
When I decided to start Learning real Estate, I didn’t know where to begin. The first option was to go online, probably that’s how you found me. Well, the information was overwhelming and with many options and strategies, it was very hard to start.
I was able to find BiggerPockets.com, I was able to ask questions and read other people opinions on specific topics. Even thought the information was great, I still was lost, because I did not know where to begin.
I continue to look around and pay National Real Estate Gurus unnecessary money for courses that did not take me no where.
I don’t want you to go to the same issues and problems I had.
My goal is to look back and share the ideas, my real estate journey and strategies I am using today in my real estate business. I would like to write information that I think can help you learn faster and ultimately reach your goal of being financially independent.
I would like to share some insights that can help you get the success you deserve, like personal development, entrepreneurship and other topics that can help each one of us be be better every day.
Work, Life, Job
I followed my parents advise, keep good grades, so you can go to college, and find a job that will pay you well. It was a hard journey but I follow their recipe for success.
I found a corporate job in a Fortune 500 company. I had a job that I loved, even thought I work 15 hours days and weekends, too. I really enjoyed it. I had the opportunity to travel the world for meetings and being able to network with presidents and vice-presidents of different companies. I thought that If I was going to continue working as hard as I could, one day I may be the CEO of the company. Then, the great recession of 2008 hit.
Reality Bites
I saw people, fellow workers that were with the company 35 years, being let go. I saw my team, going from 16 people to just 5. I survived the cuts, but it definitely left a scar. I saw thousands of people leaving the company after many years of service, sacrificing weekends away from their families and friends for their jobs. Nevertheless, at the end of it all, they were left with no jobs because the company needed to survive no matter what.
The scenario made me realize that in 10 to 20 years that could have been me. From that point forward, I needed to find a way to guarantee my financial stability and my family’s future. After looking around and brainstorming ideas to start my own business, I found real estate and property investing as the key.
Attraversiamo
Real Estate has been able to give me the stability that I was pining for and the financial freedom that I desire the most.
Nonetheless, real estate is not easy, it is really hard work. You have to commit time, money and effort to make it all work. And as if on repeat button, do it all over again for every property acquired.
This blog will hopefully be of help to you as you accomplish your investing dreams in the near future. In the mean time, I hope you enjoyed a brief history of my real estate journey and as we continue to trudge ahead.