About Craig Fuhr

This is it. This picture is what its all about. I’m lucky to do what I love, and what makes it even sweeter is that I get to say when and how I do it. (Oooof – that was some horrible writing.) Here’s what I mean: I got into RE investing because I knew there had to be a better way than the old 9 to 5.

I’ve worked as a  computer-chip salesman, a bar owner, a mortgage broker, a wine salesman, and just before becoming a full-time real estate investor, I was an IT security-analyst.  With the exception of owning the bar, I hated EVERY one of those jobs.

So why not the bar?  One would never guess that my blue-collar, middle-class upbringing would spawn such an ingrained entrepreneurial spirit – I dunno’ why – my mother did drop me on my my head once.  Fact is, I LOVE running my own show.  I think I was born to do it.

So on April 4th, 2007 (the day after my 40th birthday and the day of my son’s 1st birthday), after being fired (no, not laid off) from my well-paying IT job, I knew I had to follow my entrepreneurial calling.   I knew there was something better than a 3% raise every year. I also knew that my life had to be on my terms. If I wanted to take 3 weeks for vacation instead of two – so be it. A 3 hour lunch instead of 30 minutes – no problem. Sleep in until 10AM? Ha, NOT a chance (see the picture). That little guy says when I roll out of bed. But I’ll tell you what is cool – knowing that I’m home to make him breakfast EVERY morning.

To be clear, I would never advise you, or any of my students to quit your job before having at least some sort a plan and head-start.  The day I got fired was a blessing.  And even though it bruised my ego, I secretly knew that I would be OK.  I knew that the four previous years of part-time real estate investing had prepared me for that moment.  I knew how to find deals and how to evaluate them.  I knew I had the best mentors who cared about my success as much as I did.  I knew I had good, reliable sources of money.  And I knew I had a plan.

I’m a lucky guy. I have a wonderfully supportive wife, and two happy little sugar-kisses. Real estate is my passion, my family is my love. (I had that reversed until my wife told me to fix it!) Real estate is simply a means to an end. That end being more and more time with my family.

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