Greetings from Long Island New York

[John Giamundo]

Hello, i thought I should introduce myself. I've been a person very passively trying to learn as much as possible watching, reading, and realizing that thats not going to cut it. So I stumbled on this website and so far it looks awesome. I wish i had found it earlier on. So, my name is John, I'm a lawyer on Long Island NY and I am restless. I didn't realize when I went to lawschool and took out all the loans (since my family with good intentions could not afford to help me) that coming out of it all would put me in such a financial struggle. I really wanted to start my own firm, but you can't do that without paying for your expenses - which thanks to the lawschool, I have a lot of. (As you can see, I'm going to run on a little because im an open person, and since this is an intro, you may as well know me)

Before I went to lawschool I saw Robert Kiyosaki on Channel 13 and I was excited by what he was saying, but I honestly forgot about it for a while, as my life was heading in a different direction. Once I realized how constrained I had become by choosing the path that I did (financially,) that Kiyosaki video, and the books I had read somewhere along the line began to gnaw away at me and basically absolutely destroyed my ability to be a happy employee.

Before I went to lawschool, I went to business school at Hofstra, and I also used to own my own landscaping business, when I was in highschool. I literally started it out riding a bicycle and dragging the lawnmower and equipment behind me. But I built that up to a point where i had two vehicles, and 75 customers in a pretty close area. I gave that business up foolishly without trying too hard to find a buyer so that I could go to lawschool and devote my time to that.

Thats basically my back history. Over time i became more and more interested in wanting to build a new type of empire. I really want to build a real estate business. My fear however, and the thing that prevents me from moving forward with it at this time, is that I have accumulated a lot of debt, and family responsibilities that I fear will prevent me from getting a loan for an investment property, and also not having an excess of available cashflow to be able to build up a down payment. New York is expensive! I have no idea how I can get around this, and believe me, its not because I havent tried to figure it out.

Ultimately, I hope that introducing myself here as openly as I have will show you all the kind of person that I am, and I hope to make some friends in the business, perhaps some future partners, and some mentors. I'd love to be able to build a team and gain the knowledge that I need to enable myself to make the first real step to aquiring some cash flowing real estate.

I know this was long, thank you for taking the time to read a little about me.
~John