Full Time Real Estate Investing!

[Ryan Billingsley]

My dream and goal is to work full time as a real estate investor.  I discovered my passion for real estate at the beginning of 2014 reading Rich Dad Poor Dad among other books and officially took action 4 months ago with a partner.  We have wholesaled one deal and used the profit as a down payment for 2 rentals.  Now we are working on getting more wholesale deals to build capital to grow our business and pay for marketing. 

We plan to be full time investors by next summer.  I am asking for some inspiration from the many successful investors on this site to share their path to full time real estate investing.  How long did it take from the beginning to make it full time?  Please share!!!!!

[Brie Schmidt]

I think it depends on your lifestyle.... but it took me about 3 years to do it full time.  

I wanted to do it much sooner but needed to hold out because we needed my W-2 income to qualify so I had to stick with it to not hinder our ability to grow.