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New member!
Hello Everyone!
My name is Eddie Martinez and I live south of Kansas City, Missouri. I currently am starting in REI and have began sending out yellow letters and advertising on CG with pretty good response rate already!
I am currently a "assistant" manager at a grocery store and work 50 hours a week, so as of right now I am doing REI on the side with the goal to make it my full time job. I have always been a hard worker with my hands and have worked with a contractor during the summer when I was younger making some extra cash. Ive always liked working on houses doing projects and making it look professional. During the crash in '07-'08 in CA I thought about buying houses, but had no guidance and no money, so I thought I couldnt do anything. Annoyed that I couldnt afford to live in CA, my wife and 1 year old moved to KCMO and bought a duplex.
A near and dear friend from my church hinted of the fact of checking out RDPD by Kiyosaki, and thats when I made my commitment to become a full time REI by the time I hit 30.
Looking forward to meeting people, and learning how I can help out the REI community.
-Eddie M