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Jerrud King
  • Country Club, MO
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How do I overcome my fear?

Jerrud King
  • Country Club, MO
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Hello all, my name is Jerrud I am 35yrs old and I currently work full-time for a large Pharmaceutical company as an Associate in Third Party Manufacturing Quality in Saint Joseph Missouri population of  80,000 people. I am married with two kids one is 7 yr old and the other is 7 mo old and my wife works full-time as well as a commercial loan assistant we both don't make a huge amount of money and our debt is not that great but I think could be worse. I have always been an entrepreneur at heart for as long as I can remember when I was a kid back in the 90's I did as a lot of kids probably did and went door to door asking people if I could push mow their yard for a price. Hindsight 20/20 I should have stuck with that because you cant drive down the road without seeing 10 lawn truck services. After that (still in the 90's) my family had a tree in our yard that yielded mistletoe each year and around Christmas, I would climb up the tree, cut it down and go door to door selling it. After that, I bought some address stencils set as well as some reflection spray paint and went door to door selling my services of painting house numbers on the curb. Fast forward, a little older, my father owned his own drywall company and taught me the trade of hanging and finishing drywall and I currently do that as a side hustle. That is pretty much my life until present summed up.

Now, I want to start investing in Real Estate applying the BRRRR strategy here in my hometown and the surrounding areas as I believe it will work rather well here. My goal is to build long-term passive income as well as give me financial freedom and free me from my W-2 job. I want to leave behind a legacy for my two kids when I am gone and god willing for their kids. As I am a handyman, I plan to self-manage my property/properties until I get big enough and I can hire a property management company. One of my hundred questions and really, for me, one of the more important question is.... how do I overcome my fear of not being successful, in a little more detail, how do I overcome my fear of being afraid I won't be able to rent the property out once I have completed the deal and rehabbed it?

If there are any meetup around the Saint Joseph, Kansas City MO area I would like to come and pick some veterans brains maybe to help build my confidence. I know there are a lot of details missing in this post. I can provide answers for any questions some might have. As I am new I still have a lot of questions myself.

Thanks for reading, please provide feedback. 

best regards,

Jerrud

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