Recent content by aorneltrades91

If I do for sale by owner I may be a able to swing that and still make a decent buck on The sale. I’ll do some higher end upgrades myself this winter and list it in the peak spring season and see what happens high end comps are about 30k above me currently. I could match them with about a 10k...

Lmao! That business is overcrowded with people that were doing it illegally for a long time lol. I know some people in that business already.

Haha thanks!! That is exactly my plan. There is some more work I want to do to the house first to bump up the equity more like finish the basement etc. but first I’m glong to rent it for a year so I can get the tax advantage for it being primary residence and not have to pay capital gain tax...

I completely agree with you. But I have a construction background. And Once I build enough capital I would like to branch off into real estate development, among other businesses. One step at a time. And I appreciate your luck brother. We are all just trying to make it in this tough world

Bet against me friend. 2.5 years ago when I became a father to my first kid. I was livin in the ghetto in little village Chicago. Use to wake up to gunshots. Last year in October I closed on a 260k brand new construction house. While supporting a stay at home mom and 2 kids. And I have some...

Well said. For me my degree is a hedge on my trading career. And something I was able to gain solid networking through and build good relationships through.

Thank you, Xela! I agree with you, a degree in finance can’t hurt anyone in the long run right

I have 2 semesters left. And yes I have networked a lot. And I agree with you nothing I’ve learned in my finance major has been useable in trading. It’s actually almost the complete opposite lol

I did stick to the gf after getting her pregnant for over 3 years. I worked my ass of building high rises all over Chicago so she could be a stay at home mom. That got me nowhere besides being a single dad at age 26. So now I want to finish school and get back into trading something I love. I...

Yeah I am going to finish college. I have one year left and am going back next week. As far as the trading. My situation was a bit of on a larger scale. I started off with equities and did well. Then moved on to options and did amazing in the beginning. But lacked and risk management. So blew...

No dropped out with one year to go 4 years ago bc I got my gf pregnant and had to work full time. I’m going back to finish this semester

Yeah it is. But I’m in the construction end of it/ the actual building it. Not the development. Although I still do well. Made over 100k last year with OT. But very tough work and working conditions in the Midwest.

Thank you scalpie, the things that you have mentioned now that I am a father is the reason why I have become hesitant many times to pursue this. Everytime i pursue it. It takes over my life. But it is all I want to do, I enjoy nothing like I enjoy navigating through the markets. My goal this...

Trust me. I completely see where you are coming from. I have been supporting myself since I was 18 and put myself through school and everything I know is life and self taught. Def very little is from our education system. I built a new house last year and I support two kids. Most people I know...

I discovered trading while I was in college and I only have one year left to finish. Since I already invested 3 years of tuition and time into it and there is no gaurantee that I will be able to make trading work for me. I feel it would be foolish not to finish my finance degree, specially since...