5 July 2018 | 3 replies
I am currently residing in a midwest city as I got a new job and decided to sign a 6 month lease while figuring out if I like the job, town, etc.
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4 September 2018 | 15 replies
I’ve only been investing on the side for a little over 2 years, my day job is actually writing and reviewing government contracts.
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5 February 2020 | 4 replies
Life got busy with some health issues in the family, adding another 4 doors, and my day job getting crazy busy too.
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7 July 2018 | 8 replies
With a full time job, and just entering into real estate and beginning to build my team, my bandwidth and capacity is maximized.
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7 July 2018 | 7 replies
Both will allow me to spend more time with my family and have the financial freedom so many dream about.
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18 July 2018 | 5 replies
I've done most of the work on all the properties myself, but am now trying to move away from that since my job has become much more demanding and my time much more limited.I'm looking forward to contributing to the forums where I can, although I'll be the first to admit that the way I've done things in the past probably haven't been the most efficient way to go about investing.
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23 July 2018 | 25 replies
The guests do a great job at telling their story and have inspired me to start keeping track of my real estate journey so that one day I can pass it on to new investors.
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5 July 2018 | 5 replies
I want to get enough doors to hit my financial number to quit my job and have more time to focus on family and investing.
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6 July 2018 | 5 replies
However, even though I have $50k to invest right now, I would prefer to go the traditional lending route for the first few which would require another FT job.