When you think about your ideal life in 5,10 or even 15 years, what do you see? When you think about your finances, what is it that you want your money to do for you? As today’s guest, Aaron Latal, so elegantly put it, when setting goals it is best to start backwards.After graduation, Aaron landed a high-paying job as an engineer and genuinely enjoyed the work he was doing, yet he felt like something was missing. Besides his job, he had nothing to fill his free time, so he turned to real estate investing. He began to read, listen to BiggerPockets and do anything he could to educate himself. Once he felt like he had a good understanding, he started his real estate journey by rehabbing the property he lived in and eventually house hacking a duplex he purchased.Shortly after that, he realized this is what he was meant to be doing. He then quit his job despite enjoying it because he knew that engineering didn’t fit the life he envisioned for himself. From there on he poured everything into real estate and wholesaling. He soon noticed that he had more of an interest in the business and process side of things so that’s what he focused on. As business picked up, he was able to outsource certain aspects of his job and focus on his strengths and what he enjoys. By working backward and understanding what he wants his life to look like in the future, Aaron is not only building his ideal life but living it. In This Episode We CoverHouse hacking and how to get your start in real estate investingWholesaling and whole-tailing and what that meansHow to make sure the job you work at matches your ideal lifeHow to set long-term and short-term goals and how to approach themBuilding processes and incorporating systems that help your business prosperOutsourcing and how to train employees (even if you’ve never been a boss)And So Much More!Links from the ShowReal Estate Rookie Youtube ChannelAshley's InstagramTony's InstagramReal Estate Rookie Facebook GroupAlpha Geek CapitalThe One ThingPodioForefrontBiggerPockets Podcast 494: The Five F-Words Every Real Estate Investor Needs to MasterBiggerPockets PodcastBiggerPockets Podcast 480: Making $200k a Month After Being on the Verge of BankruptcyScott TrenchLoomReadymodeCallRailCheck the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/rookie143See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.