makinga long story short, i came to the american land back in may of 1993. Did not read or speak any english, went to high school in the am and work after school making 4.25 an hour, graduated from high school and went to trade school for 2 years ,my major was automotive technician, went to work for a gm dealership, have been a tech for 20 years . I worked a full time job and work as crazy on a side job, fixing car after work and the weekends ,saved as much as i could i did not know what i was going to do with the money i just wanted to save as much as possible, one day i realised that my money in the bank was not doing anything, so i went online and searched for different investing strategies, what made more sense for me was investing in real state. In 2015 i bough my first single home did not know anything about houses, inspections, renting or been a landlord, just wanted to invest my money, i had saved 200k at that time, paid 50k cash for that house and it wasnt easy letting 50k go. Once i had the house i researched how i could rent it and rented out, after i started collecting rent every month it only made sense to me to buy more, i bought another one and another one , so far i own 11 single homes, all bought outright, also paid my personal home 2 months ago ,i had a 15 year mortgage which paid in 7 years. I currently get around 6k cash flow every month since i owe 0 dollars, i do still have a full time job, i manage all my rentals, do all the repairs and maintenance myself. I did my first flip which made 24k on it, im working on my second one now. My goal is to buy and flip and with the profit buy more rentals, i want to own enough single homes that i can eventually exchange for a 100+ apartment building and retire, i plan on accomplish this in the next 5 years, im also plan to retire from my 9-5 in the next year or so, so i can go full time into real estate. I think i can see my goal a reality because i have been always a bussines in my heart, i say to myself if i feel it in my heart i will see it with my eyes. I have joint bigger pockets so i can get inspiration in the tough times and knowledge when needed.