On Thursday, I had a great meeting with a gentleman I'll call JS. He is a successful entrepreneur, and over lunch he shared some great insights.

One idea he came up with was leverage what you have -- he then followed up by asking a rhetorical question of what do I have at this point?

What do I have? A ton of love and laughter, and thankfully, the advice of someone who has been there and done what I want to do.

He pointed out that I have over a year's experience being a property manager, and a great one at that ;) My current boss is sad with my leaving, as he has hinted that he would like to have me manage the business.

JS suggested working with my current boss to open up a New Haven branch of my current company -- that way I would have support and help while starting a company, and then share the profits.

I loved the idea, and reached out to a Yale kid that I met, who bought a condo in New Haven upon starting law school. I mentioned to him that I was starting a property management firm in NH and would he be interested in hearing more.

He wrote back right away, saying that he would -- and I then spoke with my current boss about the idea -- which he also loved!

That being said, my current boss is on vacation until Wednesday, so I am swamped with what it feels like to really run something.

My entering and exiting plans are beginning to form, and I am working on a business proposal.

The one question I will need to answer, is what will be done over the summers, while Paul and I troupe around Africa. I am looking forward to figuring that out!