The goal is generate enough income to get out of the rat race and do this full time.

For what ever reason you then proceeds to climb on you horse, trash what I said (with quotes) and left the impression that your way is superior.

Isn't it putting the cart before the horse (did I say that right?)

Take it for what its worth because I am basically in the same part of the race you are but make 1/2 as much and have been out of school for 2 yrs.Why not combined the 2?

I don't have a candidate in this race, so regardless of what happens, I'll just hope that 1) We have a new president after tonight, because otherwise it is going to get REALLY ugly 2) Whoever wins the race surprises me and does some good.

I've not seen a smaller PM yet who was making any real money, unless they were running a shady over-billing operation on the maint side, and that horse can only be ridden for so long.

However my father taught us to always go to the right place and get it from the horses mouth.

Clear all bad debt first and begin to save diligently to invest.You need to get established, improve your income, possibly with a second job, learn to live frugally, save every penny possible for the future, put aside your ASAP investing plans and begin to associate with the right people.What you are working toward is a life plan not a today plan, life is not a race.

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If you were to go to a car race to run your car and they said no Corvettes and you wanted to race yours; do you think if you took the body off and put a stretched fiberglass Porsche body on it that you should be allowed to run it?