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502-Pathways to Financial Freedom (in 10 years or less): RV Mechanic (and other small-scale, mobile trades)

Radical Personal Finance

Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP

Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.21.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today we continue our discussion of how you can achieve financial freedom in 10 years or less with an analysis of a business I thought my way through recently: that of working as a mobile RV repairman/mechanic.

I think this business (or skilled trades with similar career profiles) has a huge amount to offer the aspiring financial freedom fighter.

Listen to today's show for analysis on the specifics of this opportunity and the parallels you can draw to other careers to help you become financially independent in 10 years or less.

Joshua

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on Radical Personal Finance, we continue our Pathways to Financial Freedom in 10 years or less series,

0:08.0

with a discussion of my idea of working as an RV mechanic. Welcome to Radical Personal Finance, the show dedicated to providing you with the knowledge, skills,

0:34.0

insight, encouragement, and inspiration that you need to live a rich and meaningful life now

0:39.4

while building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less.

0:42.2

My name is Joshua Sheets. I am your friendly

0:44.9

financial philosopher and fellow traveler down this road of financial freedom. Today I'm going

0:51.1

to sketch out for you a blueprint that I think you can use and adapt to your situation.

0:57.0

Today's episode is, I guess we'll call it the second in a very occasional series that I'm

1:07.7

calling the Pathways to Financial Freedom in 10 years or less series.

1:11.3

The first episode in this series was episode 476 in which I talked

1:15.6

about pathways to financial freedom in 10 years or less and I used the idea of

1:19.5

working as an expediter in expedited trucking and other live on the job opportunities and I sketched

1:25.9

out how you could use a career such as expediting as a way for you to achieve financial freedom

1:32.0

very quickly,

1:32.9

especially in that 10-year or less time frame.

1:36.0

This is something I say to you every day

1:38.4

when I open the show, I say financial freedom

1:40.1

in 10 years or less, and I want to consistently paint these pathways out for you.

1:44.8

Now there's nothing easy about any of these paths but they're very very doable and

1:50.0

today I'm going to share with you a new one that I think will be illustrative and instructive for you,

1:56.5

and that is as working as an RV mechanic.

1:59.4

But I want to emphasize this point. As you listen to me go through this idea, don't listen just

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