Newbie from Williamsport, PA

[Matthew Steslow]

A little background first.  I am 30 years old and I have been in the oil and gas industry for six years.  I work at a minimum 60-70 hours a week and most weeks are closer to 110 hours.  The work can be hard and strenuous but it can be easy as well.  I am always away, staying in hotels sometimes thousands of miles from my wife and two kids.  This past Feb I was layed off after surviving the down turn in the market.  And have since moved to other companies, one of which treats people horribly.

After finding a book on personal finance, my wife and I were ignited into getting out of all our debt.  At this point we have one car to pay off and the house that's all.  As I continued to learn and read I found a book that took a machine gun to our bucket of get out of debt and invest in your 401k plan.  Through research and hard thinking I found a plan. 

My wife is a realtor and her license is currently in escrow so she could be home with the kids.  I found bigger pockets about a month ago and have since been reading articles and books ravenously.  And I have learned more in a month than I have in the past year.

I am tired of being away from the family and figured out the money I make is not worth the time I lose with the family.  I am far from scared of hard work and am willing to sacrifice a lot to get out.  

Our plan at this point is to bring my wife's license out of escrow and to have her take care or most of the marketing and deal making.  While I handle the numbers (I love number) and trying to find financing, while I continue to work my job.

We are beyond motivated to get me home, and are willing to take any and all advice and wisdom anyone is willing to bestow upon us!

My goal is to someday being invited on the bigger pockets pod cast, showing that if someone who works a 15 on 6 off schedule and 16 hr days can pull it off...anyone can.