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Really excited to have found TMF and The Fastlane Forum. Here's who I am, where I'm at, and where I want to go. Forgive me if this runs long.
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to get ahead. I've just always had the desire deep inside, and I think the biggest motivation for me is the freedom to travel around as I please and not be controlled by someone else's business decisions.
About 3 1/2 years ago, in my early 30s, I finally pulled the trigger on a rental property. There were some rough patches, but after about 3 years of elbow grease and stress, I got it filled with reliable tenants, things were fixed up, and I started thinking about my next investment. It was at that time that, out of the blue, my friend told me about a book he had read, and he gave me his copy to read.
Now, I know MJ took a minor shot at Robert Two-Dads in his book, and there was plenty in his book that I would question, but man, it just opened the floodgates of my mind. All of these thoughts and lessons that had been floating around unorganized in my head over the years crystallized all of a sudden. It was at that point that the slow lane illusion crumbled in my mind. And I realized right then that I needed knowledge on how the world of wealth creation actually worked. Things nobody teaches in school. Things my parents didn't know because they've lived their entire lives in the slow lane.
I hadn't read anything educational since I left college. So, I started devouring books on Amazon: real estate, sales and marketing, negotiating, personal charisma, and most lately MJ's book, The Millionaire Fastlane . And damn, that's a good book. MJ, I'm glad you finished it, and I'm glad you created this forum.
So, where I'm at now: I own 2 rental properties (one multi-unit, and one single-family), and the house we currently live in has 2 studio apartments in the basement that I rent out to grad students. I'm sending out notices each month and getting back money with VERY LITTLE effort month-to-month. It's good.
But, it's not fastlane. I realized that in the back of my head before, but after reading TMF , that became very apparent to me. I like real estate, but I think I gravitated to it because I thought the only other way was to invent some earth-shattering innovation. I realize now that that's not the case.
I still want to increase my real estate investing, but that needs to accelerate in pace somehow (maybe private investment, I'm not sure yet). But after reading TMF, I realize there are other opportunities out there, and now my ears and eyes are open. And I'm glad to have a portal where I can discuss these things. I don't really have anyone that I can go in depth with all this about on a day-to-day basis.
TL;DR: I'm glad to be here, nice to meet you all.
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to get ahead. I've just always had the desire deep inside, and I think the biggest motivation for me is the freedom to travel around as I please and not be controlled by someone else's business decisions.
About 3 1/2 years ago, in my early 30s, I finally pulled the trigger on a rental property. There were some rough patches, but after about 3 years of elbow grease and stress, I got it filled with reliable tenants, things were fixed up, and I started thinking about my next investment. It was at that time that, out of the blue, my friend told me about a book he had read, and he gave me his copy to read.
Now, I know MJ took a minor shot at Robert Two-Dads in his book, and there was plenty in his book that I would question, but man, it just opened the floodgates of my mind. All of these thoughts and lessons that had been floating around unorganized in my head over the years crystallized all of a sudden. It was at that point that the slow lane illusion crumbled in my mind. And I realized right then that I needed knowledge on how the world of wealth creation actually worked. Things nobody teaches in school. Things my parents didn't know because they've lived their entire lives in the slow lane.
I hadn't read anything educational since I left college. So, I started devouring books on Amazon: real estate, sales and marketing, negotiating, personal charisma, and most lately MJ's book, The Millionaire Fastlane . And damn, that's a good book. MJ, I'm glad you finished it, and I'm glad you created this forum.
So, where I'm at now: I own 2 rental properties (one multi-unit, and one single-family), and the house we currently live in has 2 studio apartments in the basement that I rent out to grad students. I'm sending out notices each month and getting back money with VERY LITTLE effort month-to-month. It's good.
But, it's not fastlane. I realized that in the back of my head before, but after reading TMF , that became very apparent to me. I like real estate, but I think I gravitated to it because I thought the only other way was to invent some earth-shattering innovation. I realize now that that's not the case.
I still want to increase my real estate investing, but that needs to accelerate in pace somehow (maybe private investment, I'm not sure yet). But after reading TMF, I realize there are other opportunities out there, and now my ears and eyes are open. And I'm glad to have a portal where I can discuss these things. I don't really have anyone that I can go in depth with all this about on a day-to-day basis.
TL;DR: I'm glad to be here, nice to meet you all.
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