Brad - New member from the Philly Area

[Bradley​ Lobo]

Hi, I'm Brad. Excited to join the Bigger Pockets community. I'm 24 years old and live in New Jersey, 15 minutes outside of Philly. Growing up I lived in a couple places across the world. Other than the U.S. try to guess the other two countries...

1) This country sells milk in the grocery store in strange plastic pouches

2) This oil rich country bans the sale of bacon in grocery stores. It's not uncommon to see Mercedes police cars and the occasional Lamborghini police car.

Come by my place and you'll hear me listening to the BP podcasts on the regular or see me watching Shark Tank clips on YouTube.

A goal of mine is to become more confident in taking risks and develop more control over my destiny. I'm a first generation American and feel blessed to be a part of such a great country. I aim to be financially free utilizing passive income from real estate to do so.

I always hear people saying they wish they started investing earlier. This got me thinking of what types of investments exist... I was immediately drawn to the tangible nature of real estate. Specifically buy and hold rental property investing.

My goal is to buy my first unit while I'm still 24. Only a few months left.

Would be interested to hear the story behind your first real estate investment. What was the biggest thing you've learned from buying that first unit?

Looking forward to hearing from you and making some new friends in the process.