New Member: Bridgeton, New Jersey

[Frank Davis]

Hello BiggerPockets!

My name is Frank, I am 25 years old and from Southern New Jersey where I have lived almost my entire life.

I currently have a job installing GPS security devices on commercial vehicles. I get paid 50k yearly to be "on-call" and when needed I fly to the job site to install the companies product. It really has been a great job considering that I, on average, only work 2 months out of the year in 1 week spans and enjoy the travel and labor. Even so, I think getting this job at such a young age, 19, killed my motivation to push for more in life. It is honestly a "dream job" for someone with a teenage mindset. This has been a hurdle I have been trying to get over but still need to push myself harder to get into a more intelligent mindset. In my free time, which I have a lot of, I have started buying, repairing and flipping cars. It is decent money for building capital slowly but the margins are too small to outsource anything and mechanical work isn't exactly fun!

I have always been fascinated by Real Estate but never pushed myself hard enough to learn more about it. My short term goals are to finish reading "The Bigger Pockets Book on Flipping Houses" - by JScott, gather/absorb information from the BP Community and obtain a Real Estate License. My long term goals are to build a Rehab + Flip business to build capital while at the same time learning how to successfully invest in buy and hold properties for passive cash flow.

Thanks for reading and I hope this wasn't too long!