Getting Started

I think I posted here a few months ago. I am your typical person trying to get started. Working a full and part-time job (Blockbuster Video), no money to invest in property, filed bankruptcy last spring, mounting healthcare bills for my family.

I am encouraged everytime I read one of the books Dean has published, but it seems like everyone who has succeeded was in the Success Academy. I don't have that kind of money, but fortunately, I met a guy on this forum who has been through it. He supports it, but he said he will help me. He has been a great asset and comforting.

Now that my 2nd part-time job, football officiating season is over, I have some time to spend learning and looking at properties. I spent $15 to get my business name. I probably need to get a website and business cards. I keep reading about what Matt and Greg did. Matt's approach seems the most logical for me to begin with.

My goal is to be able to leave BBV by April / May 2011. I want this income to replace the $600 monthly I earn there for working over 90 hrs a month. It would be nice to stop working there now and spend those 90 hrs doing real estate, but the fear I have is the steady income it helps me pay some bills. I think some of you would probably encourage me to stop working at BBV as well. I am tempted, but my wife (who doesn't work) won't understand what I am trying to do. She is one of those I will have to prove this to.

I know there is a better way of life out there. I believe in what Dean writes. I am proud of myself today for making the trip to establish my business name. I just need to figure this stuff out. Any advice you have will be well received.

Thanks for reading, Joe in Denton, TX.