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post 1577416921 04-05-2019, 11:20 AM
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Im a better follower than leader.

Also would rather smoke weed and play video games in the down time than work 18 hours a day building my own business.

Guess im satisfied working 40 hours for my salary. Plus having a duel income that almost mirrors my pay helps.
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post 1577417261 04-05-2019, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted By wave_length⏩
Why for its own sake? Isn‘t financial freedom a goal that makes sense?
Making money, in the service of retiring andnotmaking any more money, is a very wise goal. You're literally buying your own freedom.

But when your goal is making money, just to say you're rich and have a lot of money,that'sstupid. It's not going to make you happy in the end, and quite often the pursuit of it is going to make you miserable. But people put themselves through the wringer anyway.
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post 1577417591 04-05-2019, 11:27 AM
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I'm rich in Mexico
post 1577417951 04-05-2019, 11:30 AM
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I never thought I would be rich until recently. All the responsible things I did in my early 20's are already starting to pay off (mid 30's) and I feel if I continue the path I'm on, in my 40's I'll be "rich". Basically maintaining a good credit score, buying a house, purchasing vehicles cash, and putting money into my 401k now gives me the ability to take out multiple loans for multiple investment properties, and as long as I leverage the debt properly, I turn a profit on each house. My goal right now is to own 10 rental properties. I also own an RV which I move into after owning a new home for a year so I can rent it out while I look for another investment property (You can only use the VA home loan guarantee once a year)
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post 1577418051 04-05-2019, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted By FA*******⏩
Making money, in the service of retiring and not making any more money, is a very wise goal. You're literally buying your own freedom.

But when your goal is making money, just to say you're rich and have a lot of money,that'sstupid. It's not going to make you happy in the end, and quite often the pursuit of it is going to make you miserable. But people put themselves through the wringer anyway.
I fully agree with that. It’s what I did.
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post 1577418221 04-05-2019, 11:33 AM
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Most of my friends in business are rich in ecommerce, they're very close millionaires.

I started in software sales in ecommeerce doing 40k in revenue a month with about half being pure profit. I'm able to do more now with my own products control and maybe pull a million a year right now. But I just don't have the drive to put in that much for monetary gain.

I still work a 32 hour a week office job from home, but that income will never trump the business that i'm in, it's limitless. So, I may buckle down and do more in the future, but it requires so much time investment and I think I'm good at 12-15K per month for now.
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post 1577420521 04-05-2019, 12:05 PM
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Being rich doesn't mean anything to me. I'll take a passive income of $3k a month and work 32hrs/wk the rest of my life.

No gonna lie, I'd love to join the super car club, besides that I really don't care. Free Time >> Money.

Originally Posted By Nastradoomus⏩
Most of my friends in business are rich in ecommerce, they're very close millionaires.

I started in software sales in ecommeerce doing 40k in revenue a month with about half being pure profit. I'm able to do more now with my own products control and maybe pull a million a year right now. But I just don't have the drive to put in that much for monetary gain.

I still work a 32 hour a week office job from home, but that income will never trump the business that i'm in, it's limitless. So, I may buckle down and do more in the future, but it requires so much time investment and I think I'm good at 12-15K per month for now.
I hear a lot of people talk about ecommerce and shopify. How hard is it all regarding making decent side money pertaining you're selling something you like? I wouldn't need a bunch, just enough to supplement it with a part time job.

I'd sell things revolving around renewable energy. I'm pretty passionate about saving the environment and saving people money is a bonus.
post 1577421161 04-05-2019, 12:14 PM
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Not willing to put in the sacrifices to do so, basically. Read a few years ago one of males most common deathbed regrets was not spending enough time with their children when they were young.
post 1577423081 04-05-2019, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted By Frank
Not willing to put in the sacrifices to do so, basically. Read a few years ago one of males most common deathbed regrets was not spending enough time with their children when they were young.
Yes. That‘s why you should try to retire before having children.
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post 1577423731 04-05-2019, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Being rich doesn't mean anything to me. I'll take a passive income of $3k a month and work 32hrs/wk the rest of my life.

No gonna lie, I'd love to join the super car club, besides that I really don't care. Free Time >> Money.





I hear a lot of people talk about ecommerce and shopify. How hard is it all regarding making decent side money pertaining you're selling something you like? I wouldn't need a bunch, just enough to supplement it with a part time job.

I'd sell things revolving around renewable energy. I'm pretty passionate about saving the environment and saving people money is a bonus.
Rule of thumb: is to always sell something that sells. Especially for ecommerce based businesses that have blackhat, white, greyhat methods of making money. I don't knock none of them individually, they are all comprised of their pros and cons really.
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post 1577424421 04-05-2019, 01:09 PM
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Easiest way to get rich .... start a business .. sell some crap to the masses and make it priced low enough that even if it breaks or doesn’t work , people won’t care
post 1577425491 04-05-2019, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted By wave_length⏩
Yes. That‘s why you should try to retire before having children.
um yeah, something like that.
post 1577425861 04-05-2019, 01:33 PM
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The amount of COPE in this thread is insane...."I could...I can...If I wanted to.." LOLOL no you can't, no you couldn't, otherwise you would be doing it now.
post 1577426451 04-05-2019, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted By raginduck⏩
Own a couple "small" businesses. Logistics and warehousing related. Coming up on 5 years now.
When we started up.. Both me and the wife quit our mid level jobs and threw everything we owned, and more, on the line.
Yes, there was a lot of stress and sleepless nights in the beginning. We were 1 day away from bankruptcy 3 times in the first year.
We made some mistakes along the way, everyone does, but almost 5 year later and our only regret is not starting sooner.
When we left our jobs we were both in our 40s and had a combined income of about 160K.
Last year we pulled in 1.9
Does AMZ getting into the logistics game keep you up at night? I've read they're forcing a lot of the smaller guys out.
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post 1577426891 04-05-2019, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted By Frank
um yeah, something like that.
It‘s what I did.
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post 1577429041 04-05-2019, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted By lift4life2020⏩
Easiest way to get rich .... start a business .. sell some crap to the masses and make it priced low enough that even if it breaks or doesn’t work , people won’t care
Is that how you did it?
post 1577429521 04-05-2019, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted By Gayle1⏩
I was lazy and thinking with the wrong head in highschool/college but now I know better!
what do you know now?
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