Getting fired usually isn’t a good thing. But in retrospect, it was arguably one of the best things to ever happen to Tony Robinson. Before being the internet’s poster boy for short-term rental investing, Tony Robinson spent his days working for someone else while climbing up the corporate ladder. When he unexpectedly got fired (2 days before Christmas), he had to reimagine what his life would and could look like.
Tony took a chance on himself and his real estate business, a chance that has paid off massive dividends to this day. He now lives life on the schedule he wants, spending time with his wife and son, without having to worry about a boss one day letting him go.
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Ashley:
This is Real Estate Rookie, episode 146. My name is Ashley Kehr living my best Alex Cooper life in a full matching sweatsuit launching on my couch with microphone at hand, with my lovely co-host Tony Robinson, the same black shirt he wears for every recording.
Tony:
This is actually a new black shirt that I got for Christmas. So, I got several black shirts for Christmas, but if this is your first time hanging out with me and Ashley, welcome to the Real Estate Rookie Podcast where every week twice a week, we bring you the inspiration, information, motivation that you need to get started and to keep going in your real estate investing journey. So, Ash, what have we got on the docket for today?
Ashley:
So, we had talked about this a little couple of days ago, and I really want to do this as our Rookie reply. So, you did an Instagram post about how last year. So, this was right around the time you had just become the podcast host and you had gotten fired from your job. I would love to talk about that because we had the conversation. When you got fired, as to say you were just going to take some time off, you guys were going…