Time for a Rant

Move forward. Try not to let that sort of stuff get to you. Know that the next opportunity will likely be a better one.

I would send what you just wrote about what you do every day - especially that you work 50 - 60 hours a week, to the company that you sought to hire you - then I would find out who said that about you. It, to me, seems like a retaliation effort to keep you where you are. There was no reason for them to say such a thing when working you a half week more each week than is normal. I'd be so pissed off I'd be seeing red for whoever was rattling that crap.

Then I would seriously consider the rest of what you said. Can you live without such a job? If you can - quit. If you feel like applying to another company, tell that company why you quit. It will let them know right up front that you play hardball when it comes to the corp treating you with honesty and fairness.

Don't quit the job you hate just yet. Very important.

You love being a landlord. You want to create how-to books. You're in good cash flow from your real estate properties.

Easy math, don't you think?

You're an expert in real estate properties, being a landlord, and making money.

I imagine there are landlords out there who:

1. Maybe hate it and maybe because they're not doing well.
2. Are inexperienced, inefficient, not sure what to do - not experts.
3. Are not making money.

I think you have a market and can help them.

Jay Abraham's, strategy of preeminence...

Article: Jay Abraham Presents The Strategy of Preeminence

Apply that if you pursue how-to books and possibly working with other real estate people.

Don't rush..

Yes, indeed.

You sound pretty much "entrepreneurial" and "independent" and "self-motivated", to me. And like someone who, in the long run, is going to be better off being fully self-employed. And like someone who has way better chances than "average" at being self-employed, too.

I have no advice for you (and wouldn't presume, never having held a job in my short life) but I wish you well.

Is the money you are earning from your rental properties enough to suffice the needs of your family as of now? I suggest quitting your corporate job converting the 50-60 hours to working at home doing Internet Marketing for the first few months.

With that many hours and dedication you will get to your IM goals in a quicker way. Then you can lessen your work hours and spend more time with the kids.

The biggest thing that's draining your energy is your dislike from your current corporate job. No matter how much you are working once you love what you are doing then you will never run out of energy.

Are you familiar with creating squeeze pages. A squeeze page is a landing page created to solicit opt-in email addresses from prospective subscribers. This is how you'll build your email list which is already interested in what you're offering because they signed up for your free product then you have a target group to promote your sales to

Hi Hal,

I think the interviewer picked up on the fact that your heart is not into another coporate JOB as you are closing in on the time in your life where you don't need it and can escape the corporate bull. I would not be insulted - they just used the wrong terminology. Deep down you realize you can leave the corporate world and make enough for your family and enjoy life on your terms via real estate and perhaps IM.

"Try to live the life most people won't for a few years so you can live the life most people can't for the rest of your years"

I don't know if Dave Ramsey originated that statement, but he uses it a lot. If you don't know who he is, then please google him. He helps people learn to live debt free and practice really smart money managment so they can do exactly as that quote suggests. He has a syndicated talk radio show on the old fashioned AM radio stations - probably the internet radio as well.

Dave Ramsey's advice and the mortgage loan programs which daily apply the balance in your checking account towards principal (or the software that is available free which can do those calculations) will certainly get you on the path towards financial independence and time freedom via real estate.

As for the IM world, if your products are in the real estate arena and other areas you know and like, then I would say go for it. BUT only as a gradual second source of income. Sounds to me that real estate is something you can just keep getting better at and master and make money from investing and then educating others in that field.

What you might want to do is hang out a bit on Facebook or LinkedIn and become liked and respected in the real estate groups, or other groups in your other areas of interest, and then come up with products which would help people in those groups. Then do the Kindle or Click Bank or e-book or physical product things.

Good luck on your new path(s).

Dan

Just take action and keep moving forward in your business as quick as possible!

Try and make decisions fast and your product out there even if you don't think it's 100% ready. Selling information is the best way to make money online and has the highest leverage.

It seems like you are on the right track though and I wish you the best!

I would actually tell them what is my weekly program ... maybe by phone or email but always on a professional way. Not to tell them that i do not agree with their decision but just to clarify of what person i am.. in any case, keep looking for a job that you really like because staying in a position you do not feel comfortable, then that's just bad news for you and your position because sooner or later, you will end up getting frustrated with every minor thing and that will affect the quality of your position

Yeah, I dig what you are saying....they want people who pop caffeine tablets and willing to "sacrifice their life" for their stupid company. My cousin did that and it almost killed her, literally. And my Mom did it for YEARS and finally gave herself a demotion just to get some rest.

Since you obviously know a lot about rental properties, my advice would be to offer a Twitter monitoring service for apartment owners or whatever....

People talk all the time about needing a new apartment and so on....

Use TwitterFall to monitor these tweets and create numerous accounts on Twitter for different locations.

Then offer your services....charge big....and respond to local tweets with recommendations to the tweeter.

You can speak the language, so make your promo page for clients "ON TARGET" with what they want.

Use this expertise you have and make bank.

There you go.

You have more and more people asking you for advice. You could start mentoring them through their first deals and operations of their businesses... Some could "bird dog" for you for your help, and others could pay you a cut of the deals you help them on - as your heart allows and as legally allowed in your area....

Then, all this experience could become a proven IM/offline product and service. (I'm on the lists of too many real estate "gurus" and don't understand/relate/trust the business models where they charge a ton to get access to their information and investors. I get the concept of having some gateway so you get good and motivated people, but think there should be a model where almost anybody can get involved and the mentor can get paid from the proceeds of their deal, or first couple of deals. Legal of course. And so the mentor is not making money from selling the dream of making money via real estate, but actually helping people do good deals and drive the economy.)

Best of luck to you.

Dan

In all honesty, unless you feel that you flunked the interview in some way, I can tell you from having worked in recruitment that the phrase used means they just didn't like you for some reason. It's a "let him down without hurting his feelings" phrase.

It could mean:
You're too old;
You're too young;
You have bad breath or body odour;
You didn't dress well enough;
You dressed so smartly that you made the interviewer feel dowdy;
You're so ugly that the rest of the staff will resign;
You're so attractive that the rest of the staff will be totally distracted and not get any work done;
The interviewer flirted with you and you didn't respond;
You flirted with the interviewer and they didn't like it;
You expressed a personal opinion which the interviewer disagreed with;
You talked too much;
You talked too little;
The interviewer saw you getting into your sports car and decided you already had enough money;
Another candidate is the CEO's niece/nephew/stepson;
Or another candidate had bigger boobs.

Seriously - most company appointments at senior level are all about personality. If you just didn't click with the interviewer - or they just clicked better with someone else - then you lose out.

So don't let this episode decide your whole future if you're not ready. I'm a great fan of ditching the 9-5, but don't do it because you assume you're not cut out for it on the basis of one interview.

You should call that dude back and give him the same rant you just gave us.

I am anti corporation for sure, in my opinion, it's just legalized modern slavery. Of course you get paid well usually, and it does fit into the mass majority of peoples goals in life.

I can assure you that "the grass is not greener on the other side".

The one thing that you always take with you to every job, is your attitude.

I'm not saying that you have a bad attitude, but many do and they think that by doing something else things will change, but they do not seem to understand that what goes on between your ears, has a major effect on what goes on outside and around you.

If you have responsibilities that require you to keep making the same amount of money that you do in the corporate job, STAY, until you have enough money coming in reliably and consistently from another income source.

If you do not do the above, you will just add unneeded pressure to yourself and your family.

I am sure that you can find or make the time, to build an extra income to replace the main source of your funds, either with rental property or overtime with internet marketing, if you do the work required.

If one person can do it, then surely another person can do it, we all have the same physical equipment (in general).

Do you have energy for internet marketing or will it turn into something very much like your corporate job? It sounds to me like you should concentrate on building the rental income or flipping a few more house to cover the rest of the necessary income to leave your job.

It's funny you mention the Jimmy John's quote, as it's very similar to what Dave Ramsey teaches in Financial Peace University. He constantly talks about living like no one else now, so you can live and give like no one else later.

Maybe sitting down and looking at your budget might help. You may be able to cut back in some areas temporarily as you make the transition and build your rental business a little more.

Whatever you decide I wish you plenty of luck and prosperity. It makes me happy to read about people getting pissed at the corporate world and finally making steps towards something the love!

Benjamin Ehinger

My advice? This is one person's opinion, and could be a blessing in disguise. One door closes, another one opens. Based on your accomplishments, it looks like you must have some energy to be able to get those things done. Then again, maybe you came across as tired because you have been doing all of those things...LOL.

Why do you care enough to tell us? Who gives a s**t, seriously... that's life, get over it and move on with your life namaste.

They don't care what time you wake up or how much you work out or read. They want to see and feel excitement. You have to want the job to get it. I have had interviews that, once I met the interviewer, I clearly did not want the job and I've had interviews where I wanted the job so bad I could taste it. I usually got the jobs that I wanted. They could tell that I was enthusiastic about the opportunity. Sounds like you came off "flat" in the interview.

Take a good rest and don't let others' judgement inflect you that much .

60 hours a week is hell...even if you enjoy your work. Take a time off and chill....you need some rest. Writing a book is also a sort of work and too involving. Just take some weeks off doing nothing....

Even if you got that new job, chances are you would still revert back to having theses same thoughts and ideas you're having right now down the road. So the best time to start doing something is right now.

I would recommend taking all the knowledge you have about flipping and/or renting properties and turn it into either online courses or 'workshops'. These have higher perceived value. (use Kindle just for lead gen).

Anything having to do with real estate is a massive evergreen niche (even in tough economic times).

There's tons of others to network with that are always looking to promote new products to their audience. The crowd that's into this stuff will keep buying and buying.