@Brent Barnes
Hi Brent,
I work 50 hours a week in the restaurant business and have done so for the past 20 years. I have a daily commute of between 45 minutes and 1 hr 15 min depending on where I work that day. I turned my car into "car university" as I heard suggested on the Bigger Pockets podcast. It takes a lot of energy to work ten hour shifts in a restaurant and then have the kind of commute I have, so I thought my work might suffer if I tried REI on the side. But the opposite happened. I was invigorated at work because I had a big "why" driving me. I now have 5 properties, 3 of which are on Airbnb, and I have just surpassed my W2 income this year with rental income - something I would have never thought possible with only 5 single family homes. I am so thankful to Bigger Pockets for the information and for the motivation to do this. And I'm glad I didn't let my full time job be my excuse to never get started. Good luck!
