Not sure what to do 2 months into my asset management job.
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[{"id": "hontskc", "text": "Best time to look is while you have a job! Just DO NOT tell anyone at your current job your work only takes 2 hrs. \n\nAre their any certs or classes you could/want take? You could do this for a year, have a steady and easy income all while beefing up your skills.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "honu64d", "text": "Have you talked to your boss about this?  \n\nId make a list of additional responsibilities youd like and have time to do and ask for them or other things you can do.\n\nI wouldnt frame it as \"I only do like 10 hours of work a week\" but more you would like to learn xyz and contribute more and believe you can manage the extra work load.\n\nShit play it right and you might get a raise", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "honufd4", "text": "[This is always an option](https://tenor.com/view/drumming-george-costanza-penske-file-office-the-barber-gif-4457020)\n\nBut seriously, work on what you want to develop your skills and enjoy the freedom and income.", "replies": [{"id": "honuqfi", "text": "The Penske file!! \ud83d\ude02", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "honv260", "text": "I'm also in CRE AM, when I started out it was also pretty slow but once I got comfortable with what my responsibilities were the work ramped up quickly. I would give yourself a little bit longer to get a better understanding of the role and communicate frequently with your boss and offer assistance whenever you can.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "honvenn", "text": "Who tf do you work for and are they hiring? Lol serious question", "replies": [{"id": "honysu8", "text": "Im also genuinely curious to know. I work for a mortgage REIT and work pretty chill hours, but this is like tech industry level free time", "replies": [{"id": "honzce7", "text": "How much do you work?", "replies": [{"id": "hoo1oy1", "text": "I used to work in asset management and I could easily pull 50-60 hours. Are you a manager? Coordinator? Assistant?", "replies": [{"id": "hoo2om8", "text": "I\u2019m an analyst right now", "replies": [{"id": "hool3qb", "text": "Lol are they hiring?!", "replies": [{"id": "hop10e2", "text": "Yes lol. What were you doing as an asset manager? I don\u2019t understand why my role is so slow. Perhaps cuz it\u2019s December?", "replies": [{"id": "hop4pzs", "text": "I was doing it all. Was the main PM to the VP. so I managed upwards of half a billion of sq feet by myself. I did building maintenance, accounting, collections, admin work, everything really. It was too much for one person and they used the shit out of me but I used them for my education. Can I pm you for more info?", "replies": [{"id": "hop5f40", "text": "Yes I would love some advice. Thanks", "replies": [], "depth": 9}], "depth": 8}], "depth": 7}], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}, {"id": "hoobe2z", "text": "For context Im 4 months new. It can vary, but really only 5 hours usually of actual work. The other is just meetings or free time.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "honvvd5", "text": "Spend the other 6 hours of the workday on other skillsets.. Take classes on udemy, skillshare, anything. You have a gift of a job, don't let it go to waste.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "honxule", "text": "I mean, given that it takes 2 hours a day, you could get a work from home second job and have 2 salaries and probably still work 40hrs/wk.", "replies": [{"id": "honzfd6", "text": "Won\u2019t they find out?", "replies": [{"id": "hoo1pwj", "text": "How? Don't tell them", "replies": [], "depth": 3}, {"id": "hop12t0", "text": "Yeah I\u2019m not really sure how they could find out unless you told them or if your second job was something public like a mayor or newscaster.", "replies": [{"id": "hop1irx", "text": "I\u2019ll look into it. Do I just not list the current job on my resume?", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hony6be", "text": "Sounds like you could get another job and keep the one you already have lol.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hoo10qq", "text": "Residential REO/Foreclosure AM checking in at like 30 hours/ week. \n\n\nWhat do you do? Start flipping houses.", "replies": [{"id": "hoo2m0a", "text": "Lmao I\u2019m not there yet\u2026 I\u2019m only 24. I would love to tho.", "replies": [{"id": "hoo33sk", "text": "I bought my first rental property at 24.  2 bed condo, put 5% down, rented the second room to my buddy.  I was only putting in a few hundred a month and was basically offset by principle pay down so it was essentially going into a my piggy bank.  Was able to save a bunch of cash and then sell the place and roll it right into a multi unit building.  Would have loved that free time to do more RE back then!", "replies": [{"id": "hoo74tv", "text": "When was this? I live in CA so average property costs $850K where I\u2019m at", "replies": [{"id": "hoo8hk3", "text": "Few years ago in Chicago.  I looked at 80 places before I found one that worked and I could afford.  Got super lucky on finding it (place was owned by a company who relocated the owner, they dropped the price drastically to get it off the books, I was already scheduled to see it and happened to be the first one in after the drop, made an offer on the car ride home).  It was in a nice but not the hippest area (kinda out on towards the edge).  The simple calculation I did is what would rent be in my area vs mortgage and what was the smallest down payment I could get away with.  In the end my mortgage was 30% below market rent for that unit and I had a roommate who paid 65% of that. (mortgage, taxes, insurance were just over $1k, roommate paid $650, $7k down at 5% including closing costs).\n\nWhat are you paying in rent now and what would it cost you to get a condo?  How much could you rent a room for?  What do you need to save for a down payment?  Rents are up right now so the math should still work.  I did it when I was making nothing by not spending a dime I didn't have to out of college.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}, {"id": "hoowbul", "text": "With a 600 credit score, you can start by doing a hard money loan. Just need to bring 20% of reno and purchase price to the table", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]