I just moved to the Phoenix area to attend school (ASU) from North Carolina, where I was stationed for a few years.I have a beautiful wife and three boys who I'm trying to build a legacy for, I need to find a way out of the rat race and have been directed here to consume as much knowledge as possible.

Just a reminder to myself, you are free to comment.VISION; to exit the rat race by or before 2030 with passive income after taxes at $60,000 per year, in diverse, allo-managed real estate properties.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Shelby Arnold & Tyson Mazingo for seeing though the rat race and making a real run at financial freedom!

Think of "the tortoise and the hare": who wins that race?

I haven't been on the forum for a while but wanted to encourage everyone. Yesterday was my final day at my day job. It was a job I actually liked.....well most of the time. But my steady buy and hold method of Real Es...

I currently have a W-2 job in IT that I pretty much hate and a family that I love, which is why I keep going to said job  ;)I basically want to do REI because I have had enough of the rat race and having to worry all the time about where my money is coming in and how safe is my job.

, and am an avid obstacle race athlete.

Cashflow is obviously essential when you are getting started, but appreciation is what will help you scale and free yourself from the rat race.

It'd be nice to take on everything at once, but slow and steady wins the race.