New From Central Illinois

[Mike Curry]

Hello BP!

My name is Mike and I am new here. I am a 28 year old from Peoria Illinois.

I got into real estate a few years ago after messing, or should I say guessing, around with stocks. It was not for me, but it did get me researching investing. In my research, I was reading an article in Forbs about self-made millionaires. It had a huge list of self-made men and woman. The list included how they made their first million, and it read like a broken record. Almost all of them started in real estate. I then googled real estate books and was pointed to a book you all seem very familiar with; Rich Dad Poor Dad.

After some reading up on real estate, I ended up buying my current home. It was a foreclosure that was in need of some serious TLC. I almost instantly saw that there was something to this real estate thing. Before doing any work to the house, I had almost $30K in equity. I used that to buy a pretty much turnkey rental.

That was about 2 years ago. I have no idea why, but I pretty much stopped there. I started a new, and very much less satisfying job in January. For whatever reason, this has relit that fire, and I am looking forward to getting back at it.

Anyway, that’s my story. I look forward to getting involved in the BP community!