However, I was wondering about what was coming next. I was tired of the drudgery of getting up every morning and the crappy hour long drive to work. I thought, “There has got to be something else.”
I began looking online. I saw a lot of buzz about MLM programs. So, I figured I would give them a try.
However, I quickly learned that I am not the kind of guy who likes to bother people and tell them about this great, new product I found. It makes me feel like a Jehovah’s witness – not that I wanted to offend Jehovah’s witnesses, but you know what I mean.
I’m not knocking MLM’s. I think an MLM (or any home based business) is a smart move. The tax breaks alone warrant a home business for just about everyone, no matter who you are.
One thing that MLM programs DID teach me, even if they weren’t my “thing” waws that stupid 40/40/40 paradigm that has been shoved down our throats since childhood.
What is a 40/40/40 plan? Well, I can explain it to you, or you can go read Ms. Lowball’s blog on it.
Great.
You stuck around.
I'm so glad. Ms. Lowball is a jerk, anyway. And she has a big head.
We are trained to work 40 hours a week for 40 years of our lives to retire on 40 percent of our pay.
Whoever thinks that is a good idea should be punched in the throat! Like this!
Honestly, had it been put to me that way years ago, I never would have bought into that BS. As Ms. Lowball would so eloquently put it, “F THAT $**T!”
Even though the 40/40/40 plan has been beaten into my head as part of the American Dream, it isn’t MY dream. I want my time to be used as I see fit. I want to travel and enjoy my money before I am as old as Methuselah.
(Aside from Ms. Lowball…he already is as old as Methuselah).
So, I began exploring more options. I was always interested in real estate. I mean, everyone needs a place to live, and real estate is a tangible asset. I began looking into flipping. I contacted a local investor I had seen on television. I attended an informational seminar. While they had an interesting business model, by my estimate an initial investment would require $50,000 before I would see any type of return.
Since I am a numbers guy, that number did not work for me.
I talked it over with Ms. Lowball and she told me about her friend, David Fisher, and all of the great things he was doing in real estate, so I Facebooked him. He said, “Come to our free Tuesday night meeting and we will tell you all about it.”
I was not sure what to expect, but when they showed me a way to get the same home that would cost me $50,000 using the other model for $5,000, I was hooked. I felt like someone parted the red sea. I was in my happy place.
I saw what I was mean for, and I threw myself into it completely, learning everything I could about my local market. The bottom line is that if you follow a proper investing model you will capture equity, you make money and you can live your life however you so choose, financially free!
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