Grateful to be here! Thank you Bigger Pockets community

[Dan DeGroff]

I am new to the concept of real estate investing and eager to learn more and immerse myself in the community and culture. I haven’t felt so passionate about something since I discovered my love of adventure through rock climbing.

I am a passionate rock climber and athlete and have always told myself if I dedicated myself to financial growth as much as I do climbing I would be a millionaire in 5 years. Until recently I wasn’t motivated to make more money or grow my wealth. I was comfortable and content living the life I had created. I earned good money as a server and simply used it to go on my next adventure and that was all I really needed.

I lived in a mountain town tucked away in the Rockies for 7 years and to be honest I was pretty ignorant to the rest of the world. Then one day I decided to move out of state. I was confronted with a community living in real poverty, substance abuse, and general neglect for their well being. Most were born into this and didn’t know any other way. It reminded me a lot of my upbringing and the place I “ran away” from so many years ago. I worked a minimum wage job and was confronted with how difficult it was to just keep up with life. I worked so hard everyday for 10+ hours and felt like I was running on a treadmill. Not really making any progress. It was a struggle that opened my eyes and allowed me to realize that I needed to do something to make sure my family, loved ones and I didn’t have to work so hard for nothing in the end. That’s also around the time I feel in love with the woman of my dreams and discovered the world of real estate investing. Currently, I am taking the first steps investing in myself and learning everything I can from the great minds who have come before me. I haven’t felt this inspired since discovering the great adventures of the first rock climbing pioneers. I am so grateful to learn that there is a community of people who have walked this path, are walking this path and have found their own success and manifested their greatest dreams and desires! People who have summited their personal Mount Everest and achieved the so sought after Financial Freedom. This community is inspiring and uplifting and I am immensely grateful to be a part of it. Thank you everyone in advance for dedicating your time and energy to help those around you, to inspire and to reach your dreams. Thank you for being a living example of my mothers first advice to me, “anything is possible, if you want something you have to go and get it!”