All Forum Posts by: Colin White

-Colin

Would anyone like to explain to me some of the benefits\drawbacks of both of these types of investments? It seems to me that when starting out, REI seems to require far more money than investment in stocks.

I read the stock market primer on Fool.com and I am curious what you guys think of what they're saying. The overall gist of what I was reading seemed to point to the concept that patience is key and that even small sums of money lead to very large profits after many years when properly invested.

I'm debating whether I should study Real Estate Investment or the stocks.

-Colin

Thank you all for your support.

I go through episodes like this; sometimes I plunge into the depths of depression and other times I feel fine. The original post was just one of those days... I use writing as an outlet and it often comes out on a public forum like this.

Thanks again,

-Colin

I have a headache, and am twitching. I cannot convey to you the endless morass that sits in my mind and festers in my heart.

I have heard everything you have said before. And look how far I've gotten. I'm still stuck in the same place, nothing new. There is the occasional day where I feel great, but otherwise, I am trampled underneath a stampede of hell.

Life is work, as you say.

It has been so ingrained in me to be the way that I am, that I know no different. How can I be expected to do something different than I know? It will come with experience.

As of now, I hate my life and everyone involved in it.

-Colin

...is what I don't want.

So where do I start? I need money, yeah, what's new. I'm just a kid out of high school. So, should I take the usual route and go to college and study business, or accounting, or medicine, or something else I don't really care about in order to get a moderate-paying job, go out to the suburbs and get a cute little house and get a 9 to 5 job doing crap I don't care about, then come home and watch tv and go to sleep, then wake up the next morning and do it all over again? Is this the point of living?

I'm not here to get "bigger pockets", I'm here to learn how to make money so that I can finally get that out of my overburdened consciousness and stop worrying about it, and pursue what I WANT TO PURSUE.

It's always money. Money to go to school, money for the piano, money for lessons, etc. etc. It's all my dad cares about.

I want to be a classical pianist, but this isn't going to happen because I'm not good enough. Great, so what do I do now? I need money so that I can eat, but I don't want a worthless job.

I live in the Chicago area, if that makes any difference.

Life isn't meant to be this way. I struggle with chronic depression and anxiety and I'm sick of dealing with this stuff.

I'm a sharp kid and I learn quick. I know that pursuing real-estate investment as a career will take endless study, work, and perseverance. But I'm not going to settle for this 9 to 5 office job BS. I also can't make a career out of music because I'm not good enough.

So I don't know where to go from here. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

-Colin