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Elizabeth Colegrove
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8 Weeks to the Day After I Left My Job .......

Elizabeth Colegrove
  • Hanford, CA
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I have exceed my salary and rental income combined. 

.............. We are officially making more money than when I was working a "butt job"

When I left my job April 1st, 2016, our rentals made $1,877.86 a month. 8 weeks later we make $5,304.07. We have not only exceed my take home income of $3,400 but also what we were making combined. 

Here's the thing, I didn't leave voluntarily, my husband is active duty military and was transferred. I worked up to the day I we left because I was terrified where our investments will go. Than i seized the day, I tried out furnished rentals on two of our houses (HUGE impact on why we are successful) and so successful we will be doing it to 2 more houses), raised rents during natural tenant turn over (from 1250 to 1450), and so on. 

Seize the day, TRY new things, be adventurous and don't turn down new opportunities, because they are new. Turn them down because they don't WORK for YOUR vision!

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Suzanne Griffiths
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Suzanne Griffiths
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing your successes! Keep it up.

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