I suppose I'm not that young compare to some of the investors but would also like to share my not so exciting life story
I came from a normal family which my mum own her own house so we don't really need to struggle for repayments or rent which helps me with my money saving.
I've always been a car enthusiast and in my late 19s I spent all my money on cars by modifying and going to track days etc.
My mum always tell me not to waste money on these stuffs and should save my money. My mentality back than was I'm only earning roughly $200-$300 per week from my part time Woollies job so there is really no point for me to save because I know once I start working fulltime I will earn at least double or triple of that amount. (I thought
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It's not until one day I realize my study is going nowhere and I'm starting to panic and worry about the future, long story short, after careful mind fights I decided to quit uni as I don't see much point wasting my time and money anymore.
Basically starting from that day onwards I started looking for jobs and also sold my than money sucking sports car.
My first investment was to use the money that I got from the sale of my car to put into the shares market, that didn't turn out too well but I've learnt valuable lessons which I think it was well worth it.
Fast forward to today, I'm working in a position which is inline with my career progression within the banking industry and I'm currently sitting on 5 properties which I only started in Aug 2013 and I just passed my 26th Birthday last month.
P.S. forgot to add I also started with $30k cash and basically slowly building my portfolio base on equities from each property I bought next.