I thought I was doing everything right. After a few rough years starting out on my own, I joined the military, served for several years, got out, then did what most enlisted guys do.
I "went back to school" and got my degrees.
I assumed I was taking all the right steps to climb the corporate ladder. I was all set to be a manager at a local Olive Garden or one nearby.
I had goals, dreams, and aspirations...but I took a look around one day and realized I wanted more out of life...
I had no control over my time. I have no control over what I can earn. I was left at the mercy of corporate restaurants running the same depressing system all other franchises do.
So I started looking into real estate.
I bought the guru courses. I frantically searched the internet for "options."
In each case, another course and other nonsense method was presented to me
I looked everywhere and found nothing that could solve my frustrations.
Plus, I was wasting money on garbage practices that were also wasting my precious little time. I had already missed a big chunk of my children's childhood while going back to school.
On top of that, as I was in my discovery phase...
...I started to hate my jobs.
I was working all the time in areas I hated which made me a worse dad, husband, and person to everyone around me.
In almost all areas of my life...
...I was self-destructive.
So I did what so many others do in this situation.
I started drinking heavily and making it worse, hiding and trying to bury my desire to look for something more.
Because during my searches, I got burned.
Several times!
I probably spent over $12,000 in various courses and "systems" during a period of my life when I was making less than $17 an hour.
Plus, I had three young mouths to feed!
At some point, I stopped drinking heavily. Enough was enough, but I still didn't have the answer I was looking for, and even though I stopped adding fuel to the fire...
...I still hated the life I was living.
Then, one day, an old friend of mine emailed me and told me what he was into and how he was making money in real estate investing.
How he had the time freedom.
How he wasn’t chained to his desk.
How he was making more money in a month than I make in a year.
This was a cool concept to me, and as I made the decision, I quickly realized….
I didn't want to go the "traditional" route. I didn't want to do all the other things those guru courses taught me.
So I decided to dive in, head first, and figure out this model to find deals without wasting a lot of time "hustling."
Aside from not wanting to be a cold-calling pest and being too afraid to do it, I decided that the most important thing to me wasn’t money.
It was TIME…