Opportunity....................They Come...........They Go...........

     "When an Opportunity come, you better take it! Simple, All men are created equal.~real talk~

The Chinese word for crisis share a character with the word opportunity

       One thing about me is that I am an Opportunist, I don't let any opportunity pass me by because we only get one chance at life. Never been the lucky type, so everything I have, I work hard for. I don't gamble but I do make investment. Everything to me is an investment that how I look at my life ever since I got married and had kids. My wife, kids, family, friends and living it's all an investment.
        I am not a teenager anymore or act like one but every now and then I still want to have fun. I am not trying to be Mr. popular or a big shot, I'm just trying to get mine. Growing up on welfare made me more hungry to suceed in life, so that how I learned to live within my mean.
       I am not going into to much detail about all the opportunity that came my way but I did try it all. When me and now wife was still dating. I never wanted to get married but I was in love with her and feel that she is the one for me because when we met she never judge me. She never listen to what others say about me and never judge me becasue of my past. She always listen and understood me. The best think about her is that she always believe in me and believe in me when others don't.
       I was 22 years old at that time and didn't know anything about being married but how could I. After we got married, we were staying with her parent and I can tell you. I did not want to move in at all but you learn real quick about marriage. The good thing about me and my wife is that we always told each other that everything we do will be done fifty, fifty. We are still doing that now.
      November,1,2003 just got married then she was pregnant with our first child but anyway the next big opportunity that came my way was because of a co-work. He haded ask me if I wanted to buy a house and it was right before the housing boom 2004. I knew I had bad credit but gave it a shot anyway. The loan lady I had met with ran my credit and said we got a lot of work to do but I can get you into a home.
        Two long years, she helped and guide me to fix my credit. Finally in October 2005, we pick and bought our first home together. It wasn't where we wanted to live nor the first home we wanted but at that time it was not easy because everybody was buying houses. Then one day I talking to somebody at my work and they had told me that they own two homes. So I said I wanted two houses too and so I call my loan lady up and she said, it will be some hard work but I can get you another house. I was only making $15.00 an hour at my job and my wife was making about the same with her new job she just started.
       February 2007 we moved into our second home and everything was all good till the housing bubble burst then my wife got laid off. I went and got a second job because I didn't want to lose what we work so hard for. I was working two full time job back to back eight hours each job. It wasn't easy but it had to be done. I was doing it for almost one year then my dad past away and added a third child to our family. So I had to give up my rental home and focus on one. I lost all of my investment in real estate, at one point the value of my two home was about $8000,000.00 but that is all gone now and life goes on can't keep looking back, just forward.(lesson learned)
       The only good thing about working two job was the fact, I seen so much people that was working one job had it good and most I can say was still lazy with one job. So I started saying "Must Be Nice to be" you to some of my co-worker then it caught on. I said it so much that a friend / co-worker said to me. I'm going to make a shirt for you and put "Must Be Nice" and that when it click in my head then after selling my rental home. I trademarked that name and now is working on my own clothing line.
       I didn't know anything about design or making clothing but I was willing to learn. After one year running around trying to get this done. It was not easy, people at my job said a lot mean things to me, like I am a nobody and even write stupid on my business card then throw in on the ground. I'm not worry about it and it will not stop me.  I'm so use to being put down by weak mined people because that what they do to make them feel better about them self. I don't need to do that to people to make myself feel good and that real talk. Trust me, the people at work my job is not the people that is going to make me rich. There are so many people out there I don't even care.
    So now here I am after two years running around and trying to get help on it anyway I could but nobody wants to help or believe in me but only my wife and kids. I even had a producer from a new reality competition show for a fashion line ask me to audition for it. I went for it and didn't make it in but it's not going to stop me from making my dreams come true on my own. Not having the funding to get it done and having to pay people to do things for me because I didn't know anything about design. So everything was put on hold. I will try out for the show agian because I am not a quitter.
          Now finally my wife got a job and now we are back in business, thanks babe for always having my back and always believing in me. She is my love, my wife, best friend, business partner and investor, without her all this could have not been done or possible but that is what true love is and through it all she always have my back. I am grateful to have someone like that in my life.  Opportunity come and opportunity go, so jump at it if it comes your way. I did it and with no regret that is why I am still here, doing it  and that is real talk.