Whitney West: How To Take Advantage Of The Pandemic To Find Your New Purpose

Meet Whitney West, Vice President Operations at The Commencement Group, consumer turned investor, REI for 4 Doors Properties, host of the ATL InvestHER Meetup and owner of Intern Cape Town. After being furloughed from her job due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Whitney started looking for investment opportunities with a few friends in Atlanta, Georgia. She described herself as a passive participant during these outings, one who was expanding her knowledge of the rental industry while shadowing others. Then West decided to get involved in real estate herself in order to replace her previous form of income while putting her new wealth of investment knowledge to use.  

What You Will Discover: 

• [00:39] Whitney talks about her current job and how she entered the real estate world during the pandemic
• [04:19] Whitney finds the pandemic as a blessing to her in entering the real estate industry
• [09:18] Shares her struggle in being in a new investor and what she needs to focus on first to thrive
• [12:59] Talks about her first deal which was a 4 plex and how it went
• [18:07] Whitney shares that they renovated the property and how much she enjoyed doing some of the stuff
• [20:36] Things she learned from her investment deal that she could have told herself in the beginning
• [23:47] Whitney’s plan of preparing her mental health so that she can be better in all aspects of her life
• [29:06] How she started with InvestHER and how she is as being the meetup leader

Relevant Links: 

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitwest/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westinvests/ 

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