143: High Salary? No Thanks, I'd Rather Be Wholesaling w/Aaron Latal

Real Estate Rookie

When you think about your ideal life in 5,10 or even 15 years, what do you see? When you think about your finances, what is it that you want your money to do for you? As today’s guest, Aaron Latal, so elegantly put it, when setting goals it is best to start backwards.

After graduation, Aaron landed a high-paying job as an engineer and genuinely enjoyed the work he was doing, yet he felt like something was missing. Besides his job, he had nothing to fill his free time, so he turned to real estate investing. He began to read, listen to BiggerPockets and do anything he could to educate himself. Once he felt like he had a good understanding, he started his real estate journey by rehabbing the property he lived in and eventually house hacking a duplex he purchased.

Shortly after that, he realized this is what he was meant to be doing. He then quit his job despite enjoying it because he knew that engineering didn’t fit the life he envisioned for himself. From there on he poured everything into real estate and wholesaling. He soon noticed that he had more of an interest in the business and process side of things so that’s what he focused on. As business picked up, he was able to outsource certain aspects of his job and focus on his strengths and what he enjoys. By working backward and understanding what he wants his life to look like in the future, Aaron is not only building his ideal life but living it.

In This Episode We Cover

House hacking and how to get your start in real estate investing

Wholesaling and whole-tailing and what that means

How to make sure the job you work at matches your ideal life

How to set long-term and short-term goals and how to approach them

Building processes and incorporating systems that help your business prosper

Outsourcing and how to train employees (even if you’ve never been a boss)

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

Real Estate Rookie Youtube Channel

Ashley's Instagram

Tony's Instagram

Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group

Alpha Geek Capital

The One Thing

Podio

Forefront

BiggerPockets Podcast 494: The Five F-Words Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Master

BiggerPockets Podcast

BiggerPockets Podcast 480: Making $200k a Month After Being on the Verge of Bankruptcy

Scott Trench

Loom

Readymode

CallRail

Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/rookie143

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