Originally posted by "Rich":
Working on it, trying to first quit my part time job then quit my full time job. It's harding getting REI time in when I am working all the time. Luckily I can spend lots of time on sites like this while I am at my fulltime job. I also spend a lot of time doing research and chasing down leads. I am building a network of bird dogs now using ads on craigslist, hopefully they can do some of my grunt work and get me out of this JOB situation sooner. I just need one good deal to quit my part time job and a few more after that to be fully out of my full time job.
I dont have a part time job, but with the 8-5 I do have, it is hard to get the time because time I get home it's about 6 and I try to do drive arounds as soon as I get off for about an hour or less than go home and makes until about 7:45, 8 (not too late), then look up the properties I just got aaannd take care of some personal things, and trying to go to sleep at a semi decent time(which I sacrificed, right now but definitely is going to be worth it) to go to my J-O-B in the morning, early so I can try to look up some more properties before work.
I've done some advertising on craigslist and such but I didnt know I could actually use birddoggers because I thought we were like in the same boat, but now that I know the difference between the two (thanks to biggerpockets), I will definitely be seeking them out.
But like Rich said, I'm able spend some time on sites like these to gain information, get my contracts in order, and know & understand the process all the way through. Along with the dos and donts of investing.
I just need one or two good deals two leave this place, then, it's on...nothing but up. By the end of the summer, hopefully, no I'm going to be full time REI, maybe even before.
But God bless you all in your success and what you want to achieve. :D