Well folks, by the team you read this, my hinney will be planted firmly in a chair at the Arizona School of Real Estate and Business.

Real Estate is something that has deeply interested me for years. When I was 21, I managed to buy a townhome down in Tucson with no income, and a smidge under $4000 that I had scrounged up (Big shout out to Ma and Pa King for Co-signing!). For the next few years, I would live in one of the bedrooms and rent the other two out to pay my mortgage. I managed to pull this off, fairly successfully in my mind, for a bit over two years. In those two years, a long list of friends, family, and cyclists, called 2664 W. Avenida Azahar home, and in doing so kept my mortgage paid.

Always had a head for wheeling and dealing…

It was the thrill of hunting for a property, finding it and signing the papers, the pride of ownership, and then the excitement of selling and seeing first hand the modern marvel more commonly known as “appreciation”.

Fast forward several years to this Monday and I’ve finally taken the initiative to pursue this interest of mine. For the next three weeks, I’ll attend 90 hours of real estate licensing classes. The school offers several convenient program formats and I picked the three week course because it will fit in quite nicely with my training schedule and personal life. After the courses, a few tests will need to be passed before I can drive down to the Arizona Department of Real Estate and apply for a license.

I’ll keep you people updated on my progress as we get further into things.

Cheers.

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