[TriGem2k]

Originally Posted by ralegen

Here here. I couldn't agree with you more.

Personally, I've had many opportunities to get into a great money making opportunity, but I didn't choose those routes because of my opinion on making money.

There are those who want to make money really bad, and those who let the money come to them. For example, lets compare a sales person to a doctor. The salesman may have to persuade his/her clients on a daily basis to make ends meet or reach his or her dream goal. However, the doctor, who has gone through tremendous study, sits back and answers questions while people pay him for his time.

MONEY <---------------------------------------- SALESMAN

MONEY -------Goes this way --------> DOCTOR


Anyone see what I'm saying? In the end, the victor, in my opinion, is the doctor (or anyone with a wealth of knowledge). Though, it's probably just all based on how you look at it. I'd rather hit the books than scurry towards the pot of gold.

I agree with you to some degree...I opted out of college at 19 to pursue a career in real investments. I took 400k in which was saved for me by my parents for college and invested it in real estate rather than education. I would have been the first MALE in my family to go to college but decided not to. I come from a of business men who have taken a similar path to mine and have been very very successful. The knowledge i obtained from just countless hours in my dads office was more than i could have learned in the class room (on the same topic of course). I would have ended up in the same situation with or without college only difference would have been i would have had all 400k to invest.

Today between my father and I there is about 200+ million dollars worth of real estate in California that we own. You tell me what would you have done???