I'm in IT and am completely tired of the rat race, the computer, etc...I made my goal this year to aggressively get more passive income so I can be a little more free..best of luck....one investment at a time.

I came across BiggerPockets through a podcast a few months ago and it sent my mind racing through all the possiblilties.

I see where you were going with that.That would be a difficult one to get anywhere though, they would have to use that to tie to being a protected class like race or gender and say this was an excuse to get rid of them.

Once the media started in on recovery talk, it was off to the races.

That would include an agreement to buy a 4 year old push lawn mower for $4,000 from the buyer after closing.

As I am racing for retirement income (43yrs old) I can tell you that money saved on interest may not be as valuable as money earned on investments.

Good thin is you can skip rat race and go to fast track if you will gain access to network and in some cases this mentor can back up your data with experience on some deals to get funds and so on.

REI is definitely something you can work on that will get you out of the 9 to 5 rat race :) I have similar goals to say bye bye to my job in the next few years.

So in the event the loan is taken and paid back, clearly the equity investor loses that race.

Slow and steady wins this race.