For as long as I can remember, I have known that I wasn't fit for the corporate world.

Like J.D. Roth, the founder of Get Rich Slowly, I am an introvert, not a fan of authority and even less of structure. So even before I graduated college, I had my mind on one big goal: leave the corporate world as soon as possible. I was working for a big IT multinational in business school; those were not the happiest times, but that job allowed me to graduate debt free, with a small nest egg that I immediately invested to buy my first rental property in cash.