What I want to be when I grow up — help people become debt free
October 8th, 2008
We all know people who have known what they wanted to be when they grew up from the time they were in diapers. It’s nauseating, but yes, they are out there. Others of us bumble around and with luck figure it out at some point in college. I am really sorry for the people who learn they detest bodily fluids right after finishing medical school. What a colossal waste of time and money.
And then there are those of us who get it together in our fifties. I finally figured it out. For decades I’ve thought of myself as being a Renaissance Woman, interested in anything and everything and never able to make up my mind what I want to be when I grow up. Like an ADD sufferer, and with no disrespect intended, I tend to ricochet from topic to topic. But unlike people with ADD, I have never had any difficulty focusing and giving things my complete attention. Quite the contrary. I immerse myself in a subject until I have my fill or I am pulled away by circumstances. The trouble has been that the end of the class never coincides with my fill of the subject. I want to know more.
When we moved to North Carolina, I was ready to switch careers. Instead of the real estate I’d been practicing for 20+ years, I wanted to get into database design. I enrolled in classes at Wake Technical Community College, racked up a nice 4.0 average, and ultimately learned that the world of programming and database design isn’t particularly open to women over forty. Sigh. Database design is now my therapy, and I’ve designed and am currently using a very nice little property management program.
After my forties’ adventure with changing careers, I went back to class, became licensed to practice real estate in North Carolina, and went back to what I knew. Besides real estate sales, we manage a few properties for other people, and that is where my nice little property management database program comes into play.
Okay, I’m now in my fifties, and at last I know what I want to be when I grow up. Over the years I’ve learned much about real estate and mortgages and consumer loans and many things that affect people’s finances. After decades of working with tenants and their reasons for being late with the rent, I’ve learned a thing or two about what gets people into financial trouble. I can’t count the number of hours I’ve spent telling people that it’s really a good idea to pay first for the roof over their heads and only much later for clothing, movies and restaurants.
It is because of this that I know what a great product the Money Merge Account system is. With my knowledge of programming and finance, I know that United First Financial has come up with one heck of a concept. The idea itself isn’t complicated, but the mechanics behind it are. I wish I’d thought of it myself.
So now, as I slowly approach middle age (we baby boomers will not be going quietly), I have found something I really want to spend my life doing. What better way to spend my time than to help people to become debt free? What better use of my time than to help people realize their dreams when they are no longer burdened by monthly payments? What better way for me to help people work through their financial problems? All of these things are possible with the Money Merge Account system.
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Categories: Commentary, Personal Finance | Tags: Debt, debt free, finance, medical, Money Merge Account, Mortgage, North Carolina, real estate, United First Financial
