You chose Real Estate why?

[Josh Kellum]

I thought this would be a good lazy sunday forum. Although alot of us are able to remain focused on the task at hand, every now and then it's nice to think back to what got you started into real estate. So, with that said, I'm going to share a personal story with you all as to why I got started.

In 2011, my father lost his job and eventually the house we grew up in, to foreclosure. Now, I was 18 at the time, out of the house on my own already, but it still was very hard to go through as I had two younger brothers still living at home. Seeing the disappointment, embarrassment and sadness on father's face is something I will never forget. We had always prevailed, but not this time. They moved out of the house and into a nice rental(or so we thought). There was a period of bad storms that caused the basement of the home they were renting to flood. The landlord did nothing about it. The property owner did nothing about it. Mold grew. Long story short, lawsuit was filed and won, moved out to a new rental and are doing good now.

Moral of the story: I don't ever want to find myself in a place where I could lose the most valuable possession to my name and I want to be able to provide people with a living situation that provides them comfort and peace, not stress and turmoil. That's my inspiration, especially now that I have an infant daughter that I want to provide the world to.

What's your inspiration BP?