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- Jul 24, 2007
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I grew up poor in a very broken family. As a teenager, all I could imagine was working construction.
I was booted from high school at the age of 15 and then again at 16. My parents did not even know. My dad was gone and my mom was severely mentally ill.
I had jobs since i was 12. Moved out when i was 16. Couldn't really support myself on what i was making but made enough that people allowed me to stay with them for a bit of cash. This usually involved a couch. Sometimes I slept in my old piece of shit car.
At 17 my dad signed for me to join the marines. Got booted from there due to a lot of unfortunate incidents that happened.
Went into construction for a while, worked as a landscaper, auto mechanic.
Had my first child at 19.
Started my own landscape company at 19.
Got a job at hp working the midnight shift as a janitor and bailed on the landscape company. Moved around through different jobs at hp and kept advancing.
Met someone there that owned apartments. He made more from that than he did on his job.
So i went that direction. Within 3 years i quit my job. Was a multi millionaire within 5 years of starting this process.
I was booted from high school at the age of 15 and then again at 16. My parents did not even know. My dad was gone and my mom was severely mentally ill.
I had jobs since i was 12. Moved out when i was 16. Couldn't really support myself on what i was making but made enough that people allowed me to stay with them for a bit of cash. This usually involved a couch. Sometimes I slept in my old piece of shit car.
At 17 my dad signed for me to join the marines. Got booted from there due to a lot of unfortunate incidents that happened.
Went into construction for a while, worked as a landscaper, auto mechanic.
Had my first child at 19.
Started my own landscape company at 19.
Got a job at hp working the midnight shift as a janitor and bailed on the landscape company. Moved around through different jobs at hp and kept advancing.
Met someone there that owned apartments. He made more from that than he did on his job.
So i went that direction. Within 3 years i quit my job. Was a multi millionaire within 5 years of starting this process.
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