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Road Side Pub
If you could get out of what you do now and start a different business
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<blockquote data-quote="Rb0891" data-source="post: 16987514" data-attributes="member: 197417"><p>This question hits home for me. I am sort of in a similar situation. Spent the first short part of my career doing automotive stuff. Been in construction and development the last 25 years. I actually had to bail (haha) from a national developer when 2008 hit. Basically have just done my own thing for the last 15 years. I am a consultant for a small family developer with very very deep pockets. It has been great with a flexible work schedule and things have come up to enable me to earn much more than just my retainer. Bad side is they have now started a sister construction group. They asked me to run it, but at the time (and even still now) I really don't want to give up the flexibility of work time. So now the downside is I really only work one day a week at most, but still get a decent amount for the time. Wife makes real good money, so I just do all the kid stuff. A few comments:</p><p></p><p>1. The consultant stuff is much more fun imo than being the GC. Funny thing is that I am sometimes a proponent for the GC's given that I know how things work on that side and when someone is truly hurting. I also know how to call out their BS.</p><p></p><p>2. Ever thought on getting in on the development side? Not talking big necessarily. I like doing (some) the manual work and am currently thinking of finding a lake house or something to fix up. I would never want to be a landlord, so I have shied away from any rental house type stuff. IMO not huge money in this, but something to keep me occupied.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rb0891, post: 16987514, member: 197417"] This question hits home for me. I am sort of in a similar situation. Spent the first short part of my career doing automotive stuff. Been in construction and development the last 25 years. I actually had to bail (haha) from a national developer when 2008 hit. Basically have just done my own thing for the last 15 years. I am a consultant for a small family developer with very very deep pockets. It has been great with a flexible work schedule and things have come up to enable me to earn much more than just my retainer. Bad side is they have now started a sister construction group. They asked me to run it, but at the time (and even still now) I really don't want to give up the flexibility of work time. So now the downside is I really only work one day a week at most, but still get a decent amount for the time. Wife makes real good money, so I just do all the kid stuff. A few comments: 1. The consultant stuff is much more fun imo than being the GC. Funny thing is that I am sometimes a proponent for the GC's given that I know how things work on that side and when someone is truly hurting. I also know how to call out their BS. 2. Ever thought on getting in on the development side? Not talking big necessarily. I like doing (some) the manual work and am currently thinking of finding a lake house or something to fix up. I would never want to be a landlord, so I have shied away from any rental house type stuff. IMO not huge money in this, but something to keep me occupied. [/QUOTE]
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