My friends,

587 days

Or 1 year, 7 months, 10 days

Or 19 months, 10 days

Or 83 weeks and 6 days

Or 845,280 minutes

50,716,800 seconds.... but who's counting? ; )

Honestly, it's been a blur! When I sat down to write this post I had no clue it had been that long since I ventured into real estate investing full time. It seems like yesterday that I was getting up at 4:44 am to make my daily trek from Woodstock, GA to downtown Atlanta. I got up that early because I despise traffic. The commute was miserable, I was miserable. But after a painful divorce (aren't they all) in 2012, I had a paradigm shift. That is when my thought process changed, my attitude changed and my master plan changed! I set out with the end goal of quitting corporate America for good!

@Vincent Crane recently reached out and asked me to speak about my story at the Atlanta REI Meetup. Vince... Thanks for thinking of me. It's an honor to speak to the group. I hope I can add some value!

Shameless plug….If you have not been yet, I highly encourage you to come and check it out! We meet at "The Ivy" in Buckhead every month. The group has grown to almost 1300 members and comprises some amazing individuals doing really great things in the Atlanta market and around the country. We meet this Wed (July 31) at 7 pm so come on out and network with these impressive investors and oh yeah, hear my story!

I'll come back to this post after the meetup to answer any questions as well as provide some details of the last 19 months of my journey and what things look like moving forward.

In closing. What's your story? Have you already left your W2 job? Do you want to leave but haven't made the leap yet? What's holding you back?"

Talk soon!