Hi all,
I am a 22 year old college graduate, currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. I graduated from a state school last December with a criminal justice degree. I am currently working as a Security Supervisor in a local casino and making salary 40,000 a year. I have been in the casino industry for going on 3 years now (1 year supervisor experience) and im pretty much burnt out/ I hate it. With the COL here in SW,PA I have been attacking my college loans like there is no tomorrow. I pay at minimum $800 a month towards college loans each month. I also have 3 rental properties that bring me in combined $1600 a month, all of my rental properties are paid off, so I fortunately do not have a monthly payment on the properties. But back to the subject; I currently owe about 30k in school loans, I am very ambitious and have always been at the top at each job ive done (telemarketing, and now casino work). I have a buddy who is 22 years old as well (3 months older then me), he is debt free and driving truck for US express- He is currently driving 'teams' making .22 per mile. Unlike him, I do not have any children or a wife, however, I do have a great GF that I plan on marrying one day (I'm planning to propose in Feb.) She has her own $, she os focused on a career within the US postal service and she is also a college graduate.
Now that I told 'yense' (PA talk )my life story I will move forward with my few questions:
1.) Would it make sense to quit cold turkey and get a CDL?
2.) Who is (in your opinion, and why) the best company to start driving for?
3.) I am looking to get a CDL in less than a month, and go through orientation and be training, is that possible?
4.) Being so young, I am 100% certain that I could work my way up to owning 10+ trucks and paying them all off by time I'm mid 30's early 40's, is this goal possible?
-I've always had the mentality that I will retire early, when my buddy started telling me about this trucking schooling and such a quick process I though, hey, I oughta give this a shot! My family thinks I'm nuts for walking away from my salary , 40k job.
5.) At 17 I got a DUI, 20 I wrecked my motorcycle into a car, and 21 I got a speeding ticket (5mph over) will this hurt me when applying?
I have a TON of more questions, but figured I would get my core questions out there. All and all, is it worth giving up my salary job to get on the open road?!
All feedback is really appreciated.
Drive safe and stay awake,
Tarzan!
I am a 22 year old college graduate, currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. I graduated from a state school last December with a criminal justice degree. I am currently working as a Security Supervisor in a local casino and making salary 40,000 a year. I have been in the casino industry for going on 3 years now (1 year supervisor experience) and im pretty much burnt out/ I hate it. With the COL here in SW,PA I have been attacking my college loans like there is no tomorrow. I pay at minimum $800 a month towards college loans each month. I also have 3 rental properties that bring me in combined $1600 a month, all of my rental properties are paid off, so I fortunately do not have a monthly payment on the properties. But back to the subject; I currently owe about 30k in school loans, I am very ambitious and have always been at the top at each job ive done (telemarketing, and now casino work). I have a buddy who is 22 years old as well (3 months older then me), he is debt free and driving truck for US express- He is currently driving 'teams' making .22 per mile. Unlike him, I do not have any children or a wife, however, I do have a great GF that I plan on marrying one day (I'm planning to propose in Feb.) She has her own $, she os focused on a career within the US postal service and she is also a college graduate.
Now that I told 'yense' (PA talk )my life story I will move forward with my few questions:
1.) Would it make sense to quit cold turkey and get a CDL?
2.) Who is (in your opinion, and why) the best company to start driving for?
3.) I am looking to get a CDL in less than a month, and go through orientation and be training, is that possible?
4.) Being so young, I am 100% certain that I could work my way up to owning 10+ trucks and paying them all off by time I'm mid 30's early 40's, is this goal possible?
-I've always had the mentality that I will retire early, when my buddy started telling me about this trucking schooling and such a quick process I though, hey, I oughta give this a shot! My family thinks I'm nuts for walking away from my salary , 40k job.
5.) At 17 I got a DUI, 20 I wrecked my motorcycle into a car, and 21 I got a speeding ticket (5mph over) will this hurt me when applying?
I have a TON of more questions, but figured I would get my core questions out there. All and all, is it worth giving up my salary job to get on the open road?!
All feedback is really appreciated.
Drive safe and stay awake,
Tarzan!