...and a hard switch it has been.

Being an IT Consultant was easy.

Well, maybe "easy" isn't the best word. There were challenges, late nights, and the travel schedule was killer. A better word would probably be "comfortable." To a point, it felt like home. I knew my stuff, I could deliver, and people loved me because of what I could do for them.

But that was work. Home was a different story.

Toddlers that knew me, but didn't *know* me. A wife who spent every waking (and some non-awake) moment raising three boys in what essentially boiled down to a single-parent home. Promises to fix, clean, build--all taking the wayside to work.

I got to the point where I had to make a decision. I had to make a change, a sacrifice--and I wasn't willing to sacrifice my family any longer.

I had to make a "hard switch."

I listened to the BiggerPockets podcast in the car, on planes, and even at my desk if I could. I read Rich Dad Poor Dad. I took real estate sales courses online after work hours while I was on the road. I did everything I could to prepare for this "hard switch."

And it has not been easy. Going from that "fat paycheck" from IT consulting into a commission-based position has forced us to tighten our proverbial belts a bit. But, knowing this is a relationship-based profession, we have decided we're in for the long haul. 

We have too much riding on this decision to back out now. We're all in on the hard switch.