Can I Start A Real Estate Development Career Path?
by Bill Short (LA, California, USA) Colm, I have been extremely interested in real estate, and more specifically Real Estate Development. I am currently 21 years old and own my own house (will be a year in August). Is it possible for me to get started in this career path at my age and with little expertise? Answer My quick answer is that age is not really relevant in the development industry. The distinguishing feature however is knowledge. As age does not prevent you from acquiring knowledge, I urge you to take this ‘knowledge route’ as the first stage of your development career. I have an old saying that goes, “anybody can spend money” … in development, the trick is “getting it all back plus a bit more for profit.” It is the knowledge that covers the second part of that saying. By now you have found that there is very little knowledge available on the Internet that you can actually use to create a development in a professional manner, except for my e-course. I was amazed to find th