What do you do?

I'm way below Joe Average. I don't come up to the standard of a school teacher, I'm a teacher's aide instead. I used to work in a bank when I was a young puppy.
 
Im just a dumb dirty mechanic.
work fifo so it is money for jam really.
But I repair the biggest machinery in the world so that keeps it interesting

The sooner my investment plan comes together the better i say.

cheers
 
What do i really do?

Hiya

This is a very uncomfortable question when people ask me what do i do:eek:

I am a stay at home mum (i hate this term btw) but my hubby earns and i invest for him :) i have bought, renoed, built and created a small passive income from rents...

My last kid enters high school next year and my mum in law (who lives overseas) asks me disdainfully what do i really DO with my spare time? i really had to bite my tongue...it will really freak her out if she knows what i have made her son do...:eek:

My hubby calls me a plotter....but what do i say in social situations???Any suggestions?:p
 
My hubby calls me a plotter....but what do i say in social situations???Any suggestions?:p

Tell them you are an Independant Investment Manager. Either that or that you are a russian spy and now that they have found out, you will have to kill them.
 
My hubby calls me a plotter....but what do i say in social situations???Any suggestions?:p

Private fund director / daily *** kicker

People that look down on stay at home parents don't understand the impact it can have.
 
Had a cold caller phone from OS a few months back asking what we did for a living.

I said I was a male nude model and my wife was a porn star.

They did not skip a beat asking more probing questions about those jobs.

Goodness knows why they wanted to know what computer and operating system Scott Steed and Susie Scotch used.

:p
 
Varies - depending on the day of the week.

Most week days, I'm a cold call salesman going from door to door....or if the boss wants a meeting, sitting in an office twiddling my thumbs.

On Wednesday's, I take a break from selling to clean toilets, paint out graffiti and scrub floors. I like Wednesdays. No cold call selling.

The weekends are always out selling as well, when most people are at home. You get abused a lot more of course, but it's so much nicer than an empty house.
 
Haha Rixter trust me man :D

52/2 so 26 weeks of working on a equal time roster

So 7 days in 1 week and 12 hrs a day

7x12 = 84hrs a week

26 weeks of work

84x26 = 2184

Its 26 weeks total work or 13 blocks if you want to make it more complex I used to get 20 days holiday a year. So I only worked 23 weeks :D

Flying in and out on their time or yours?
 
Varies - depending on the day of the week.

Most week days, I'm a cold call salesman going from door to door....or if the boss wants a meeting, sitting in an office twiddling my thumbs.

On Wednesday's, I take a break from selling to clean toilets, paint out graffiti and scrub floors. I like Wednesdays. No cold call selling.

The weekends are always out selling as well, when most people are at home. You get abused a lot more of course, but it's so much nicer than an empty house.

What do you sell? ;)
 
I consider us Joe Average. Basically a tradie and spouse. He earns it and I invested it while raising the kiddies. We were on 35k when we bought the first IP in 2000 and most were bought before we ever cracked 100k as self-employed. probably only the last 2 when we were really well off.
We work the same as Virgo :D (MIL tells everyone what a great investor her son is :rolleyes: he didn't even see half of them until they settled!)
 
Currently I'm working 3 different part-time gigs:

1. Domestic violence solicitor at a community legal centre
2. Managing solicitor of a tenancy advice line
3. Associate lecturer at a law school
 
Used to be a mechanic.
Used to be an electrical mechanic.
Used to be a TV, video repair man.
Used to be a stay at home dad for a several years. They were great years with plenty of time to do renovations and best of all highly rewarding voluntary community work.
Now I own a couple of clothing retail stores but have recently slowed down a bit using passive income to help pay the bills. Old age catching up with me so the bodies not as good as it used to be.
 
Not an overabundance of a plumber, a nurse, a teacher, a fiery, lifeguard, cop, etc.

Surely there are some Joe Averages out there who invest?

When it comes to the other-half and myself, we are Joe Average, BV. We are out there. I know plenty of real estate investors who work in the above occupations. Retail and emergency services.
 
Used to be a mechanic.
Used to be an electrical mechanic.
Used to be a TV, video repair man.
Used to be a stay at home dad for a several years. They were great years with plenty of time to do renovations and best of all highly rewarding voluntary community work.
Now I own a couple of clothing retail stores but have recently slowed down a bit using passive income to help pay the bills. Old age catching up with me so the bodies not as good as it used to be.

Don't get me started on the "Used-to"s
 
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