Laid off, what’s next? (Where can I get started?)

[Account Closed]

I just got laid off from my job because of the COVID crisis. I didn’t love the job I had, and my wife and I are looking at this as a time where I can really find what I want to do. I’m 30, and a little aimless, career wise.

But for the last couple of years I’ve wanted to get into real estate investing. We’ve been working on paying down debt and getting educated.

I’m not quite in a spot where I’m ready to begin investing, we still have some ducks to get lined up (paying off the last of our debt is the biggest one. We were projecting to do that by the end of the year before I lost my job. So my question is this: what kind of job can I be on the lookout for that will bolster my education in real estate investment? In other words, what kind of jobs will end up being paid education for me?

[JD Martin]

How healthy are you? Virtually everywhere the trades are hurting for people. Electrician, plumber, HVAC, etc. If you are willing to do some physical labor, you can learn a skill and get to know a whole lot about houses in the process. I learned a lot about building houses just from my time working as a plumber, since I was on site a lot of times around many of the other trades.