My first venture into business was a morning and afternoon paper route before and after middle school. The only part I hated was knocking on doors after dinner to collect the paper bill.
You’d be surprised how many “well-to-do” people were living month to month. I only knew this since some of these people always paid 60 to 90 days late.
I was also the kid you paid to mow your lawn or shovel the Minnesota snow from your walks.
At one point, my Dad threatened to shut down my lawn mowing business since I was using his gas and mower to service ten properties.
I continued working side hustles all the way through high school and used part of the money to finance a trip to Europe.
After high school, I enlisted in the Army and served in the 1/75th Ranger Infantry Battalion. It was a great experience and helped fund 3 year’s of my college education.
Some of my fondest memories were shaped in those years while jumping out of airplanes in the cover of darkness or fast roping on to buildings from a Blackhawk helicopter.
In college, I spent summers working and traveling in France and Belgium. I also bought and sold a courier business, dealt blackjack in Lake Tahoe and guided whitewater rapids among other things.
Currently, I own and operate a multi-million income property portfolio consisting of 100+ units and a boutique wealth management firm.
Here’s a quick summary.
Starting with $6,000 in June of 1998 ($9,266 in today’s dollars), I set a goal to purchase 10 duplexes (20 units) in 10 years as a side hustle to my wealth management firm.
After hitting my goal in 8 years, I decided I loved hunting for deals and fixing up distressed properties. Thus, I kept buying with a target of 100 units within 10 years or less.
At the time of the new goal, I was thinking I could quit my day job and kick back and relax while enjoying an early retirement while tinkering with my real estate portfolio.
Again, hit the goal early and decided to keep working since I love my work. Work takes on an entirely different meaning when you enjoy what you do. This difference is I no longer have to work 12 to 14 hour days!
Now I’m tinkering with this blog while continuing to coach others who are looking for a simple and practical approach to becoming a millionaire in 10 years or less.
I call this the “10 to a million” concept.
If you are looking for…
- Something for nothing
- Get rich quick
- No money down
- Wholesaling
- Flipping (real estate’s version of day trading)
- Working one hour a day in your pajamas from home while visualizing you are a millionaire
You’ve got the wrong person.
I cringe when someone tells me they just spent thousands of dollars on a “guru” get rich quick course. Gurus love to get you to max out your credit cards selling courses and coaching programs that they have never implemented.
I am not a guru. I’m just some guy who worked his tail off and created a passive income stream that will take care of my family for the rest of my life.
Bottom line, I can act as your guide when you decide to venture into the world of cash flowing income properties.
If you need some spot coaching, click the sidebar profile or here.
I challenge you to just buy one cash flowing income property per year over the next ten years. It will change your life for the better and possibly lead you down the path to abundance.
If you are like most people who venture down this path, your only regret will be not getting started sooner.
So far…
I’ve been featured in Forbes and Bigger Pockets Podcast show number 86.
I have also been interviewed on other podcasts that you can listen to by visiting the media page on this site.
Periodically, I write a blog post on Bigger Pockets as a featured author.
My most significant accomplishment was helping a client, J.P., go from zero to 44 units (as of April 2016) while working full time.
He’s your average middle-class guy who works hard and lives below his means.
Oh, he makes me look like a slowpoke since he started in 2007 with a duplex in the exact same neighborhood that launched my ten 2 million journey.
