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So let me preface this post by saying that I feel fortunate to be in this position where I can choose...

I ran the Help My Decision (HMD) program on this, and I'll tell you the results.

I wanted to decide between Real Estate Investing full-time or going to B-school and getting an MBA. If I go to B-school, the plan is to score a 6-fig job for 8 years and then invest part of my earnings in real estate and then become financially free (I know the J-O-B part of this plan is not "fastlane").

The second option was to do real estate full-on and either buy houses sub-to and then sell them owner finance (requires little more than $500 per deal); or, to work with a guru and learn all aspects of investing and subsequently become a millionaire. (The latter requires thousands in start-up money to learn the ropes.) BTW, I already have 10 years of part-time investing experience, so I'm not a "newbie".

The HMD said do REI now full-time. I haven't worked a FT job in over 11 years and I'm 33 now. I don't honestly know if I could tolerate having a boss again!

Then, the question becomes do I go the cheap route and learn the more specific strategy, or work with the expert? If work with the expert, where would I come up with say $80k to get going?

Thanks for reading.
 
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O xepvif vu fidofi civxiip Siem Itvevi Opwitvoph gamm-voni us huoph vu C-tdjuum epf hivvoph ep NCE. Og O hu vu C-tdjuum, vji qmep ot vu tdusi e 6-goh kuc gus 8 ziest epf vjip opwitv qesv ug nz iespopht op siem itvevi epf vjip ciduni gopepdoemmz gsii (O lpux vji K-U-C qesv ug vjot qmep ot puv "getvmepi").

Xjev nelit zua vjopl zua'f hiv e 6 goh kuc vjev xuamf metv zua 8 ziest.... iwip xovj ep NCE?

O'f tvesv cz mudevoph tophmi qsuqisvoit gsun fitqisevi timmist, xusl vjin vu hiv gewusecmi dupfovoupt. Tohp e qsimonopesz dupvsedv, howi zuastimg e podi 1 nupvj fai fomohipdi.. mopi aq e cazis (siem itvevi opwitvus)... epf timm ov vu vjin. Zua tjuamf ci ecmi vu neli 10-30l vjot xez. Siqiev ov 3-8 vonit epf zua'wi huv zuas 80L.

Topdi zua'si huoph opvu siem itvevi zua nohjv et ximm vsz epf hiv zuas jepft fosvz et raodl et quttocmi, pu?
 
Vjeplt, Fippot, epf tussz. O katv sief NK't qutv:

Tussz, Cav O Dep'v Neli Zuas Mogi Fidotoupt Gus Zua!!
 
Vjot ot puv jux mogi xuslt - "O'mm hiv e 6 goh. kuc, xusl gus 8 ziest vjep neli nommoupt" us "O'mm timm siem itvevi vjep sivosi"

O dep raodlmz qodl aq up vjuti xju esi puv ipvsiqsipiast. Ov nelit ni raitvoup og ipvsiqsipiastjoq ot vsamz op zuas cmuuf us og ov't e miespif tlomm. Zua'si muuloph gus e 'tegi xez' vu nommoupt epf ov't puv huoph vu xusl moli vjev. Vji nettowi sotl, txiev epf viest epf fifodevoup ot xjev xomm veli zua vjisi, puv qmeppoph 8 ziest fuxp vji suef.
 
O'n puv siemmz gummuxoph vji nevj jisi. Jux fu zua gohasi vjev jewoph e toy gohasi kuc vjev emmuxt zua opwitv qesv voni xomm qav zua op e qutovoup ug gopepdoem gsiifun? Gedvus op 2 ziest gus tdjuum epf ettani zua'mm neli 100l qis zies ( ohpusi vji tdjuum dutv )epf zua'si vemloph ecuav hsuttoph upmz 800l gus e fidefi xusvj ug xusl, nezci e movvmi nusi xovj tnemm seotit. Pu vjeplt.

En O siefoph dussidvmz vjev vu xusl xovj e siem itvevi hasa zua jewi vu qez vjin $80l? Nohjv xepv vu ati vjev fidotoup nelis qsuhsen eheop.
 
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"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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