Quote from @Bryce Jamison:
At this point in your life If the plan is to get your master's I'd fully commit to that. Getting this master's gives you a great chance to acquire a high income job immediately with even higher income potential within a few years. This W2 income will help get your real estate journey started.
After you graduate commit the next several years to living below your means, paying off any other debts, building a big, beefy emergency fund, increasing your W2 income as much as possible, and learning everything you can about real estate investing. If you do that the sky is the limit for you. If you have any specific questions about how do to do any of these things ask in the forums!
And why are you working minimum wage? I thought even McDonald's paid $10-12 starting out.
Hey Bryce Jaminson,
The scribe position would not be minimum wage it would be, more like $14 an hour. However, I honestly would prefer to do research using the degree I acquired during my time, but unfortunately I have not found a research position that would accept me, because I would plan to work part-time, so I can take classes necessary for the master's program in biostatistics. (I recently changed my career path from going to medical school to obtaining a master's in biostatics).
Another reason I am having trouble obtaining a research position is because I was unable to do research during my years in college (due to the COVID situation and other reasons), and many of the jobs ask for 2-3 years of experience at least.
An additional problem is all the opportunities are 40-50 minutes from where I live, so it would be a lot of wear and tear on the car (esp. for a small income job), however, I could move. What would you advise I do in this situation, it would make sense to get a job that pays at least 40k a year in research, because that would build skills and help me make connections that could be used to get into the master's program, however, I would be afraid that I would not have enough time to review and then take the classes necessary for the masters program. (Today I am interviewing for a research job in Boston, hopefully, all goes well).
Please let me know what you think when you get the chance. Thanks!
