What is your day job and how do you apply it to your REI?

[Michael Seeker]

Just wanting to hear what part time investors do for their 9-5 and how they apply that to REI.

I'll start:

I'm an actuary with a large health insurer (please, no comments on how health insurers are the devil). I'm constantly creating, reviewing and updating complicated spreadsheets and databases. So when it comes to REI, I put a lot of emphasis on virtual filing and bookkeeping in Excel. The heavy math background also helps a lot with deal analysis and cashflow management.

Doing REI has really helped with my time and people management skills. Between the two, I've learned to focus my time helping others do the work and do it correctly rather than trying to do everything myself.

I'm really interested to hear some other perspectives on this!