DENISE BRATHWAITE
State the name of your company & description
REI Properties - Multifamily rental properties
invited to renew my
membership if I did not have at
least one transaction that year,
which I misunderstood to mean
that I had to have one
transaction every year. Now I
have three additional properties
in Pennsylvania for a total of 15
units. Through my attendance
at several WISE events I've
gained encouragement and
maintained focus as a single
women investor. I also gained a
holistic approach to developing
myself mentally, physically and
financially.
Describe what the process of
working with Dr. Teresa R.
Martin like
I have always been a self starter,
who48
took pride in getting things
done. With Dr. Martin's passion
I always had an interest in investing in real estate. However as a
for wealth development and the
wife a mother and a student working towards a Masters Degree I
example she sets through her
did not have the time and finances needed to become an investor. own experience and success I
As a divorcee with grown children and a completed Masters
have the courage to step out
Degree, I had the time to study and become a licensed real estate
there and take a chance as a
salesperson. However I found that spending all day driving people
single women investor doing it
around to see houses they would not or could not buy was a waste on my own. In the coming year I
of my time. I then attended a real estate investment training
plan to more fully utilize the
course that cost me several thousands dollars. At the conclusion of resources available through
the three day training they recommended that I joined a real estate REIA NYC/WISE and to the
association and I became a member of REIA NYC four years ago.
greatest extent possible, the
expertise of Dr. Martin.
What we did that solve those problems
How you feel about the end
Through REIA NYC I learned about the benefits of multi family
result
investing and the fact that your properties do not have to be in
your backyard for you to be successful. This lead me to look for
I am very pleased with the
more affordable properties outside of NYC.
results I have had thus far. In
the coming year I plan to
Results you are seeing after using our membership / product / explore the resources available
service
through REIA NYC to get me to
the next level of maximizing ROI
In the first year of my membership I purchased a two family in
on existing properties and
Binghamton NY. I took Dr. Martin serious when she said I would
financing investments in larger
not be
multifamily properties.
What problems were you facing before joining REIA NYC / WISE