Hello BP - Residential Realtor®, Future Investor - Massachusetts

[Brad Kelly]

What's up BP community? I just wanted to finally introduce myself and try to get a bit more active on the BP threads. I appreciate the camaraderie that's shown here and I consider you all "my type of people". I'm looking forward to see where real estate takes my future. 

So what's my story? Well, my brother first turned me on to real estate investment in my last year studying finance in college, so I started listening to some BP podcasts to catch up with him. It all sounded great, except the fact that many of the examples used on the show seemed to be in areas where the property values were a fraction of the price they are out here. Either way, I decided I should get my real estate license so down the road I would be able to manage any deals that we were getting into. 

Cut to about a year later, my brother buys a home for his family and the big-time real estate investor plan sort of fell onto the back burner. (At least he used me as his agent!) Given that I've always had an entrepreneurial mindset and never really wanted to work for someone else, it turned out real estate was actually not a bad route for me to take. I don't have to work with anyone I don't like, and the sky is the limit as far as income goes. 

After I had a couple of years experience working full-time in residential sales, I ended up joining the BP online community. I basically check in and skim threads when people mention Massachusetts, but I never posted an introduction. 

Recently I saw a post from someone looking for an "investor-friendly agent" and since I would imagine that all agents would be hungry to work with investors (i.e. investor-friendly), it got me thinking about what exactly that was and I read up on it here at BP.

So here I am, introducing myself, and letting you all know that I at least consider myself an investor-friendly agent in the early stages (yet to work specifically with investors). Looking forward to being able to provide some value to fellow entrepreneurs when possible. Thank you, and good day!

Brad