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Two Years to a Million in Real Estate

Matthew A. Martinez explains how you can become a millionaire in two years in excerpts from his book, '2 Years to a Million in Real Estate'

By MATTHEW A. MARTINEZ

Quit your day job! Make a million in real estate! It's easier than you think!

From the Introduction

2 Years to a Million in Real Estate presents a true account of the techniques I used to build a multimillion-dollar portfolio of rental apartments, which, with a bit of good fortune and considerable hard work, allowed me to replace the salary from my job with the rental income from my tenants. It is an accurate journal of my transformation from a financially dependent executive at a high-tech company to a financially independent real estate entrepreneur. Using this book, you'll gain a unique insight into my personal struggle to gain more control of my future. It also reveals precisely how I accomplished the dream of leaving my day job through the acquisition of income-producing properties. More important, it will teach you how to duplicate my achievements, should you choose a similar path for yourself.

Matthew A. Martinez shows how you can quit the 9-to-5 routine and become a millionaire.

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According to the Society for Human Resource Professionals:

83 percent of all employees plan to seek a new job when the economy improves.
35 percent of "top-performing" employees say that they will leave when they can.
60 percent of employees feel too much pressure to work.
83 percent want more time with their families.
56 percent are dissatisfied with their jobs.

A CNN/Money article declared: "Overworked employees are fed up: A survey finds 8 out of 10 Americans want something new!"

Like most others in the traditional job pool, I have experienced similar feelings of resentment at being overworked and underpaid. I also experienced a great deal of job anxiety caused by the fear of being laid off during poor economic times or during the inevitable corporate "restructurings" that seem to occur every few years. In fact, when the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, I was gainfully employed by one of those highflying Internet juggernauts. As the company began dismissing employees, I found myself agonizing over the prospect of being let go before I had secured another source of income to substitute for the paycheck I had grown accustomed to receiving.

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