What pushed you over the edge to get started

[Jared Baker]

Hello BP!

I just have a simple question for you all.  What was the last thing that you did, heard, read, ect that finally made you start your first deal?  I'm interested to see what was the last thing that pushed you to jump into investing instead of being stuck on analysis paralysis or just not starting.  

I think I am very close to finally making the plunge on my first flip, but I do have a little voice in the back of my mind saying that I could fail.  But what was that thing that pushed that voice aside and said, "I need to do this".

[Dennis M.]

standing over my dads casket looking down at his body ,realizing that someday that will be me ..dying broke without enough money in my savings to even cover my own funeral . That day I stopped dreaming .I decided to break the money barriers in my family ,take risk ,and invest because no one is coming to save me .