It took us thirteen years to get to the point where both of us could quit our W-2 jobs, or at least substitute our jobs with work we do to support our real estate investing.Yesterday I cleaned out my palm sander, sanded down a door with 220-grit that I had primed the day before, arranged to meet my agent at a property we're about to put on the market, primed a doorframe, read about personal finance for two hours, put together a shelving unit, dealt with a tenant over an electrical and cable internet shutdown.

Hey Austin, totally can relate with you being from an expensive real estate market - I moved to Columbus a few years ago (from Portland, Oregon which was super expensive) to become a full time real estate investor, and ever since, I've completed quite a lot of BRRRRs, flips, and own a successful rental portfolio here in Columbus Ohio.

Get rid of your car and you can save hundreds per month on insurance and gas.I think you need to quit your side hustles immediately.

I'm Chad Lee from East Mesa, AZ and Ive been passionate about real estate investing for quite some time.

@Melodee LucidoI saw you had mention in a post quite a few years back that John played a role in improving your business.

You can find free training (I'm not in any way affiliated but have gone through it and it's quite thorough) at LandConquest.... if I put the ending might get blocked but Google is your friend. 

Bloomfield schools are not the best, though some of the elementary schools are quite nice. 

Ended up working together on quite a few deals after that both on and off market.

She's not quite mentally running at 100%.

For instance, while AppFolio is quite strong overall, its bank reconciliation module has some limitations.