New guy from New Jersey!

[Christopher Cruz]

Hello everyone! I'm really excited to be writing my first post to the website that has taught me so much in such a short amount of time! Some background on myself:

I am a 25 year old graduate (this past May!) who resides in South Jersey; Cumberland County to be specific. I recently got hired at a stereotypical office job that very quickly made me realize how much I crave financial independence. Since then I've been reading and digesting as many podcasts, posts, webinars etc from BiggerPockets that I can get a hold of. Unfortunately, this has led to a bit of analysis paralysis, though I have a pretty good idea of what kind of strategy I want to pursue. I just want to get started already, instead of feeling unfulfilled at the end of everyday when its time to clock out of the 9-5.

I was thinking of going with BRRRR to obtain Buy & Hold properties, but right now I'm in the deal finding stage. After, I was going to try and see if Hard money was the right way to go if I don't want to put any money down. Any opinions?

Anyway, if any of you are nearby this area (Vineland/Millville etc), I'd love to network! I've yet to make my first deal but maybe we can still learn from each other!

Thanks for reading my long-winded introduction post, I really appreciate it. Let's talk!

[Jennifer Petrillo]

Welcome Chris, make sure you come to the Mid Atlantic Summit in Philly this Spring, an awesome weekend long real estate summit with hundreds of attendees and awesome speakers covering all aspects of RE investing. Dates TBA, watch BP or the Mid Atlantic Summit website for more info.