Ridgewood, NY · Member since 2017 · 22 posts · 24 votes
I am really curious as to what kind of background most people were before they started working. For example, Were you in a high paying job? or did you owned a business? or were you just a college student like me who barely made money?
Poor Immigrant family that moved to NYC in the mid-60s.
When through the worst time of times.
Eventually finished College and wound up working for large Investment / Financial firms.
While working as an employee in the Computer field, I decided to become an Entrepreneur. I self taught myself Financial Math, Economics and read a lot of books about Investing, both Real Estate and Stocks.
After 1 year from Graduation, I bought my first investment Property in Brooklyn.
7 years and a few more Investment Properties, I was financially free.
20 years after I bought my first Investment Property, I have almost $20 Million Assets Under Management (AUM) for several Partners and myself, all in Brooklyn.
So pretty much the Rags to Riches story with a NYC flair.
Like Old Blue Eyes said, "If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere..... it's up to you, New York, New York!"