A FORMER McDonalds employee turned multimillionaire has shared how he went from rags to riches and how you could do it too.
In a recent interview Eddie Dilleen delved into his past and revealed he “didn’t even know what Uni was” as a youngster and worked at McDonalds from the age of 14.
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The Aussie explained how he grew up in a household where none of his family worked and he said he used this as “his driving factor” for success.
“I grew up with a single mother who was on a pension and so no one in my family was working at all,” Eddie told Property Market Investor.
The property mogul explained that having a job was not a “normal thing” in his family, but he wanted to have a comfortable life where he didn’t have to worry about money.
He added: “To get into property I knew I would have to do something different to what everyone else was doing.”
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At just 17 years old when most of his friends were out partying Eddie was beavering away reading books on property investment and researching how he could generate wealth.
The father-of-two worked at the fast food chain for four long years before he could scrape together enough cash to buy his first house.
Eddie became a home owner aged just 18 – and the rest is history – as he is now the proud owner of a staggering 78 properties.
The Aussie gave Daily Mail Australia some key tips on how to begin investing in property.
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He said it’s important to start small to get your foot in the door.
“You don’t have to start off with something for a million or $500,000, you don’t have to buy a house,” he said.
Eddie also urged prospective investors to avoid becoming “emotional” about the area they’re shopping in and what they’re shopping for.
He said “I’ve found that most people, a lot only want to buy investment properties where they live,”
Finally he advised anyone who wants to follow in his millionaire footsteps to read property investment books to gain a greater understanding.
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