Wes Butler

I have a very strong finance background and I used to dabble in aggressive options investing. I was pretty good at it, but the ROI in real estate is just as attractive, if not better. Besides, options investing requires a lot of active attention (at least my methods did), and I found myself spending a good chunk of my day monitoring my investments and making adjustments. This took time away from my day job, and I found it to be too time consuming to continue. I was successful, but my portfolio wasn't large enough to reach "critical mass" where I could quit my day job. As all of you know, life has a way of living itself, and I found much enjoyment in carving out a meandering path in my life, rather than a straight line. Some of that meandering has taken me to exotic locales overseas where I lived and worked with my family for a time. No regrets -- none at all -- but I'm in my mid forties, and I have decided my meandering is over, and it is time to build a cash flow empire of my own. Of course, meandering hasn't been cheap, so I find myself starting at the bottom again. Oh well, life's a journey!