Has anyone left their corporate job to pursue real estate full-time (flipping house or buying my and renting out) ? Specifically anyone who did not have nest egg and was successful?

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Flipping is tough w/ today's environment. If you're handy and want to capitalize on sweat equity you could probably make some cash but if you're hiring labor forget it.

Id be curious why you'd need to quit your job to manage rentals. I have a pretty sizable portfolio and manage it while working a time consuming job. Once you have reliable contractors / plumbers / etc and tenants in place it's EZ. I just have my tenants communicate directly w/ my maintenence man and I just collect the cash/checks each month.

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Me too.
I knew one guy who tried it full time but gave up. Not enough money in it and he also said the coordination of contractors was awful. They were unreliable

I know 2 people who did. I haven’t pulled the trigger yet, but building my real estate income

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