This content offers a list of seven high-earning career paths that require less than two years of schooling or training, presenting alternatives to traditional, lengthy college degrees for those looking to change careers or increase income.
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So not many people know this,
but I actually did go to college
and I actually
graduated as an accountant.
And if you would ask me,
if you were to start all over again,
would you have done everything the same?
The answer is absolutely not.
I would have not done accountant.
It took me about four years.
And in those four years,
I could have made so much money if I
found this list before.
So in this video,
I'm gonna give you
guys the seven best jobs
if you wanna start over again,
whether it's because
you lost your license,
you found out the job you loved
is not really the job you love.
Or for example, you
wanna make more money,
whatever it is, there's
something on this list for you.
And my favorite one is number six
because it's my
favorite, but most importantly,
you can make almost upwards to $500,000,
which is actually a bunch of money.
But there is nothing on this list
that takes more than two years of
schooling or training,
which is massive,
because we're almost
told like the only way
to make a lot of money is
to go to school for a decade.
No, that's not what this list is about.
And most importantly, guys,
if you want more details like the
description of the job,
the salary, the license
you need, all that stuff,
I'm gonna have it linked down below.
But for this video,
what I really wanna do is to tell you
how I would approach this myself.
Like how would I try to
change careers into something?
Because everything is like a
Google away, chat GPT away,
but this way you
actually get some insight
and how I would approach this
and you can basically
try it out for yourself.
So let's get right into this video.
Number one, it's going to be
becoming a real estate agent.
Now, obviously, when I
think about a real estate agent,
I think about someone that makes about 3%
of the purchase price of this home.
And if you sell a home for $500,000,
well, guess what?
That's about $15,000.
Now imagine if you
sold a $10 million home,
that's $300,000,
that's so much money, right?
But who the heck is
going to give a person
that just got their
license a $10 million home
or yet alone a $500,000 listing?
Most of the time,
you're not going to
be able to get it done.
So here is how I would approach this.
First, I would make
long-term investments in clients.
Real estate agents don't just
make money by selling homes.
They also make money by renting homes
and leasing them out, okay?
And guess what?
Every single person that I know,
well, whenever they're renting,
usually they're thinking
about buying in the future.
That's what happened to me, okay?
I had an agent that
helped me find, for example,
a rental in Puerto Rico.
And then that same agent
through the same company
helped me buy a home when the time came.
So you can actually do that, okay?
So you find homes for people,
you usually charge them about a flat fee
of one month's rent.
You make some good money like that,
but you invest in that relationship.
You give them little
gifts and all this other stuff
and you keep their
memory thinking about you.
And when the time comes,
they'll think about
you for buying a home.
The second thing I would do
while I'm basically trying to rent homes
and all that other stuff,
I would try to build a brand, okay?
People don't go online and
just look up, for example,
real estate agent,
and they don't just
call the first number.
They usually look to
people that they see online.
They're actively doing something.
So I personally would basically,
every person that I rent something with,
I would take a picture of them with me
and have them give me a testimonial.
I would record the homes.
I would become an
expert as far as real estate.
I would show a lot of homes.
And then those people
would reach out to me
and I would become an expert
and someone that's
very well known, you know?
Like Grand Court Donut in a sense.
But this whole idea,
I really got it from Graham Stephan
because I think if I'm not mistaken,
that was his approach in the beginning.
And eventually this guy was selling homes
that were worth over a million dollars,
but he first started out by renting homes
and that's a great start.
And the competition is less there also.
And you can make a lot of money doing it.
Number two, a commercial truck driver.
Now I know what you're thinking, okay?
Maybe you don't wanna drive
for hours and hours and hours,
and neither do I, okay?
But if I'm able to get
a job within two months
and start making $5,000 a month,
I mean, that is amazing.
I mean, I was in
school for like four years
to become an
accountant, to hopefully graduate
and make 60 to $70,000 as an
entry-level accountant, okay?
This is much better.
Now I was actually involved
in one of these businesses,
not really directly,
but because I gave someone money
to be able to buy their first truck
and to actually get into the business.
So I have some insight on how this works.
And I also have family that's involved.
Now, the only way I
would actually do this
would be like on a temporary basis.
And here's why, okay?
Yes, you can make a lot of money
within two months or
like six months, okay?
Making $5,000 a month
and the only thing
you have to do is drive.
Well, it sounds too good
to be true because it is.
You have to drive a lot.
And you're also away
from your family a lot.
So I would basically do this
for like four to five years,
make 300 to $400,000
and then just pay off a home and then
call it a day, okay?
But the second way I would
actually go about this is,
well, I would actually
use my money to buy trucks
and to get drivers to drive them.
And the way I understand it
is the way the business works
is these people, they split
the profits, the routes in half.
So if you're making like $5,000 a month,
well, I get 2,500 and you get 2,500.
But guess what?
I'm not doing any of the driving.
Yes, I have the vehicle,
I have the maintenance,
I have everything to take care of,
but this way I don't have to
spend all my time on the road.
So it's a job that I
would do temporarily,
but I would strongly consider it.
Imagine, okay, I'm in college,
instead of being in
college for like four years,
well, what's four times six?
That's about 24.
That's $240,000.
Instead of me graduating
with about $20,000 in debt
and no money.
That's a big difference, right?
Is my math right?
I think it is, right?
Number three is a dental hygienist, okay?
My wife, when I first met her,
she was actually a dentist herself here
in Dominican Republic.
Now she's my wife and
she's the mother of my child
and she's at home and
we're very lucky to have her.
But in Dominican
Republic, like they don't get paid
that much, but in the US specifically,
dental hygienists, man, in two years,
they're making like around $80,000,
which is a lot of money, honestly, okay?
Now they're not really
like full-blown dentists.
They basically do like the
cleaning and the educating
and the X-rays and so on.
But I think that it's such
a good job for the most part
because it does have flexibility.
So here would be my approach.
First of all, I wouldn't
just work for one office.
I would work for multiple offices.
And yes, you could do that.
You could work for
multiple dental offices
and you can make money from each of them.
So if you're doing a high-end
clients or high-end offices,
well, you can make much more than $80,000
and work part-time here,
part-time here, part-time there.
I make a good amount of money.
Number two is I
wouldn't really take this job
as a starter job
because some people do that.
They say, well, I'm gonna
become a dental hygienist first
and then I'm gonna work up
to build in my own office
and then I'm gonna work up
to becoming a whole dentist
and so on, but I
really rather just do this.
And the main reason is
because it takes two years.
And if I were to go to
school for six more years
to become a full-blown
dentist, well, that's $480,000
that I could actually
make being a dental hygienist
for six years, then
instead of being, for example,
we're trying to become a dentist
and graduate with a bunch of debt.
You know, honestly, there
isn't really that much money
that you need to make to
have a pretty good life.
So my approach would be that personally,
I wouldn't be trying to
become a full-blown dentist,
spend six more years in school,
spend $200,000 to do it,
to then finally graduate
and make 200 grand or 300 grand a year,
but then the office hours are a lot
and the flexibility might
not be as great as you think.
So I think it's a really good job.
In two years, making
$80,000, it's amazing.
Now, job number four
is becoming a plumber.
And I think every man should be a plumber
for their own homes, okay?
Everyone should know
exactly how to unclog a toilet,
how to install a toilet,
how to drain a drainage pipe,
how to install a faucet.
All these things are things that we
should know how to do,
and especially how to
install a hot water system.
It sounds complicated,
but trust me, it is not.
Every time I saw a plumber
do it, I would say to myself,
this is difficult,
but it's not impossible
for me to learn how to
do these things, okay?
And guess what?
The way I would approach this is very
simple and very basic.
And obviously, plumbers
make a good amount of money
because although I think that everyone
should be a plumber,
a lot of people do think
it's a job beneath them
and they refuse to actually do it
or have any interest in it, okay?
But because of that,
it's a really good job.
And it is a job that is recession-proof
because even when people
don't have money or jobs,
if something breaks,
they're gonna find the money
to actually fix it up, okay?
Now, the main idea was,
well, I would
actually work for a company,
being a plumber, right?
That way I could do
what they need me to do
and I can make a good amount of money.
That can make me
$50,000 to $60,000 a year.
But most importantly, I
would also work with Airbnbs
and real estate agents and other people,
like normal people, right?
And I would actually work with them
because when I was staying at an Airbnb,
I had the same plumber come twice.
And my understanding is
that this same plumber
is the one that manages
just about all the homes
that this Airbnb owner actually has.
And I could be that too, right?
And this guy just comes in,
installs a hot water machine or whatever,
and he's like $400.
And I'm like, really?
Okay, they make a lot of money, man.
So it's a pretty good job
with a lot of flexibility
where you're able to do your own gigs,
able to work for a
person for fixed money,
and you're also able to
have a good skill at home
so you can fix all
the stuff in your house.
Super important.
Number five, become an electrician.
Now, funny story here, my dad,
before he became a politician,
he was going to be an electrician.
Now, the story does
not have a happy ending
because he ended up dropping out
because he said, "I am
terrified of getting shocked."
Apparently, he got shocked a few times
and he was like,
"Yeah, I am done with this."
He went into a
politician later on and he won
and he did his campaign
stuff, which is great stuff,
but he quit, okay?
But electricians, man, they
make a good amount of money.
And you're able to
become one in two years.
Now, not a master electrician.
That takes, for example, some
mentorship or apprenticeship,
and you get into that later on,
but once you get your electrician stuff,
you're able to start
working and making money,
then you become an apprentice
and you're able to actually become
a master electrician later on.
But there are several
different approaches, right?
One approach is you work for a company.
Let's say, for example,
Con Edison or whatever,
or a local electrician
company in your local area.
Or you can actually work for
other people and help them out.
Here's a personal story, okay?
When about my first home in Puerto Rico,
there was a massive
issue with the electricity.
From the pole, which was
outside and it was underground,
well, there was no
connection to my house.
So in order to get my
house connected to the outside,
we had to dig a six foot hole
and install all the
electrical wiring beneath the ground.
Now, this was gonna cost me about $12,000
and about three months while I waited
for everything to come through
and the license and all this stuff.
But there was this guy and he was like,
hey, I do this all the time.
He charged me $6,000.
It took him a weekend and he did
everything up to code
and everything was perfect, okay?
So imagine that, okay?
A weekend, $6,000, just like that.
There are jobs like that.
And for example, okay,
I'm embarrassed to say this,
but I don't even know how to
fix a light bulb in my house,
okay?
Like I know how to take a
light bulb up, obviously,
but I don't know how to
uninstall the whole thing,
how to turn off all the breakers
and then how to plug
everything back and all.
I don't know how to do that, okay?
But someone doing that,
installing a ceiling fan,
all that stuff, that
could be like $50, $30,
or even more money.
Simple things that take
you like 15, 20 minutes.
You can get on
TaskRabbit and you could actually
do those things and
make some extra money.
And that's pretty good stuff, okay?
I like it a lot.
I'm probably gonna do
a course on electricity
and also a course on plumbing,
not for like trying
to make money purposes,
but just to try to know
all these skills in my home
in case there is an emergency
and I need to get things done.
They take about like two
months or six months, by the way.
They don't take that long.
Number six is my favorite.
I told you, it's a financial advisor.
And I love the idea of counseling people
and helping people with their finances
and helping them make money.
But there's this ethical thing with me
that for some reason,
I just cannot overcome.
And when you actually try to
become a financial advisor,
there are several different licenses.
You could actually get to
do several different things.
You can get a license to
sell stocks and buy bonds.
You can get a license
to actually give advice
and to manage portfolios.
You can get a license
to actually charge people
for asset management.
There are a lot of things
and that's why the link is down below.
But the main thing is
there is a portion of this
where you can make a lot
of money from your client,
even though it's not in
your client's best interests.
I don't like that.
So my main goal would be,
if I were to ever
become a financial advisor,
it would be to be a fiduciary.
A fiduciary, everything
that he does or she does
has to be in the best
interest of his or her client.
That way, I don't wanna
sell you whole life insurance.
I don't wanna sell you assets
that I know don't make any sense to you,
but since I'm getting a commission
and I can make some long-term income,
I don't want to do that.
I don't want to.
So I would probably
go into fiduciary work,
but if you're able to
put that aside and say,
well, it's just business.
I'm offering products that
are for this person and so on.
Well, this job can
make you a lot of money,
like upwards to like
200, 300, 400, $500,000.
I am not joking, look it up.
You can make a lot of money
and you can do this within
two years or maybe three years.
It depends on how hard you study
and if you're able to pass
the exams for the most part.
But it is incredible.
I think if I ever had to get a job,
I would probably get into
like financial devising.
It would just click for me.
I think so.
Now the last one, number seven,
which is the most surprising one
is to become a flight attendant.
I had no idea to
become a flight attendant.
You could actually do
it within two months
to maybe six months or so.
And usually even the
train is done by the airline
and they pay for the whole thing for you.
Now, obviously, a flight attendant
isn't going to make you rich overnight,
but you're able to get
30,000 to 50, to 60K.
And once you get into like your tenure
and you're like a senior there,
well possibly you could even make like
upwards to $100,000.
That's a lot of money.
Now, this is like one of those jobs,
like the whole like trucking job,
which I wouldn't do right now in this
picture I'm in right now
with my wife, with my daughter.
I just don't wanna be
flying back and forth
and being over here
because I will miss a lot of
moments of my family's life.
But if I'm back to being 17 years old,
I just graduated high school
and I can get a job
being a flight attendant
and make $60,000, like 50K,
or even $40,000 for like four years.
Well, in four years, I
got to make 160 grand.
That's a lot of money.
And even while I'm
being a flight attendant,
I could be doing, for
example, like some online courses.
So once I'm done with that,
I could basically just get into a normal
job for the most part.
That's a little bit more stable
as far as like not having to
be over there and over here
and all this flying around stuff, okay.
And there's a lot of
cool perks obviously,
but it's one of those
jobs that you can get into.
The cost is high because
it is a lot of flying around
and there's like little stability
and the roots you
could actually build up.
But if you're young and
you're just getting started
and you don't have responsibilities
and you're able to do
this, well, it's not that bad.
I would prefer, I would
have preferred to do this,
then go to college
and get that much money
while I'm getting a
degree also and then graduate
and then just go into a normal job.
I think that those options
aren't usually given to us.
We usually are told
you have to go to college
and stick to that because
I think everyone's worried
about you not finishing,
but if you're committed,
you're going to be
committed, okay, for the most part.
Guys, those are seven jobs
for people that are
willing to start over.
And they take less than two years.
Some of these jobs make you over 100K.
Let me know in the comments down below
which one of these
were you most surprised by
and which one of these
would you actually consider?
Let me know.
For me, honestly, I told you ready, okay?
It has to be number six
to be a financial advisor.
But if I'm in a clinch,
I could become a trucker
like in a second, okay?
And it's not to denote
truckers or whatever,
but it's a pretty accessible job
where you make a lot of
money, but it is grueling work.
And I get sleepy.
Maybe I won't do that, okay?
Thanks for watching.
I'll see you guys next time.
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