Carleton Sheets - early working life
November 7, 2008 · Print This Article
When I graduated from college, I accepted a job almost immediately and also got married. After a few years, I changed companies and became a Director of Marketing—with a nice boost in title and salary.
A little less than two years after I joined the company, they fired me. At this time, I had a wife and two children to support. Have you ever been fired? Many of us have—at one time or another. Whether deserved or not, getting fired is a terrible blow to the ego, self-confidence, and self-esteem.
I had been “the bright young executive” … and suddenly I was the out-of-work incompetent. Daily, hourly, my panic grew. My self-esteem dropped to zero. Discouragement turned to despair.
And yet, never for a moment did it occur to me that I couldn’t find something to earn a decent living to support my family. One truth I faced was that I didn’t want my future to be working for a major corporation.
For about two months I looked into opportunities that would allow me to go into business for myself. Then an old friend who had become a real estate broker urged me to get into real estate. Real estate? What did I know about real estate?
Carleton Sheets is an expert real estate investor and the author of the No Down Payment System. Of course, Carleton is an avid real estate investor. However, he is also passionate about teaching others about how to build their real estate investment empire.
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