I’ve been interested in making money, how money works, and business (especially real estate, and not necessarily in that order) for as long as I can remember.  When I was 16 I remember my girlfriend’s father recommending Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
to me.  When I read it I was instantly hooked – I knew then that I was destined to be an entrepreneur!
So I began reading everything that I could get my hands on and have either had the idea (and or tried) countless business or money making schemes.
You name it.
-Make canoes
-Organize adventure excursions
-Website for people to buy class notes (for lazy college students)
-Network Marketing
-Scanning paper photos to digitize their paper collections
You get the idea.  I was scattered.  And for the record I made none of these successful (and I’m not pointing the finger at the opportunity).

In all of these experiences, I was learning ‘how to learn’ and I was learning what I was good at.  More importantly, I was learning what I was not good at.

After college, I almost took a financial sales job.  But something about it just didn’t feel right.  Of all people, my mother encouraged me to travel.  So off to New Zealand I went.  Scary because I had no plans for what I was going to do when I got there.  I ended up staying in New Zealand  for approximately 18 months.

While there, I did things that I never imagined myself doing – i.e. bungee jumping – yes, that’s me screaming in terror and joy at the same time.

I came back with 2 thoughts in mind:  I want to do this again and what the heck  am I gonna do now?

It was time to get on my feet and get going in the business world in order to create a successful company.
My mind came back to real estate and the books I had read.
This was my answer.
So I started searching for successful people in the industry in my hometown in order to become a pebble in their shoe until they let me sit in their back pocket.
And so my chronicles of real estate investing began.

My goal with this blog is to share with you what I learn on the way to making my real estate business one of the premier real estate businesses on the Gulf Coast! And the cost for learning my mistakes for you is — well — Free.

So get to know me, get involved, ask me questions, tell me I’m wrong, let’s share, let’s have arguments — let’s Learn, Grow, Engage, and Progress.

PS – my dog Parker has since joined my real estate investing team – he is the VP of customer relations – does a swell job at making our customers happy!