Everything I've gotten from BiggerPockets has been GOLD, and I hope to really evolve as an investor here, make some great connects, and maybe trade a couple deals. 

I have already had the discussion with my self and God,  and i am not going to trade my time for a wage for the next 40 years of my life. i am not going to continue the path my parents and their parents parents parents followed....

I am a law enforcement officer by trade and have been for the past 13 years, but due to some health issues, that will coming to an end soon.

I have a full-time staff member who is learning the trade who started in a similar matter. 

I have a lot of knowledge of the vacation home market on the Oregon Coast that maybe we can trade if you are interested.

A realtor is a trade organization so I am not sure what the attorney was referencing when he stated that. 

I don't want to end up like most people I know; trading time for money, only looking forward to weekends off, missing out on my kids' lives to punch a clock or living a "comfortably miserable" life blaming someone or something else for my lack of ambition and success.

@Glenn Gayet,J Scott's comments are spot-on.Comparing  hourly rates, however, is a W2 person's paradigm: trading your time for income.

I'm not a contractor nor have I ever worked a day in my life in a labored or trades profession.

We had an investor who was struggling with a property he had purchased a few years ago, and he was self-managing. The building was running in the red and needed a lot of money for capital improvements. The owner was...