New CDL class A with lots of questions

Obviously a miserable person who doesn't understand that its his attitude that causes it, not outside circumstances. So, he tries to push it on everyone else to make them as miserable as he is. I am very familiar with his type. Sorry but I have no place in my life for people like that...

 

I have a friend that got his CDL about a year ago and got started at $36 an hour. I could probably get a job there but I don't want to have hands on freight. I just want to drive 99% of the time. Santa Rosa is hiring bus drivers at $100k a year to start which is ok but I'd rather not if I can find something else. I could go Teamsters Union here and make $36 ish but also rather not if I can find something else. I live way out in the woods because it's cheap. My bills/overhead is NOTHING! If I can make $80-120 I am more then happy. I am also a day trader. I can make a couple hundred bucks in a few minutes of trading a couple times a week if I have the time. I am also a veteran auto damage appraiser and I have managed auto body shops in the past. I don't like sitting in an office 10-14 hours a day anymore because I did it for 12 years. I am also sick of haggling with insurance companies. I could go do it again and make 70-160k a year depending on how much stress and BS I want to take on. My wife and I also have 2 small businesses that don't take up too much time but also aren't enough on their own to do what we want to do. All I want to do is drive and occasionally day trade on the side. My wife can handle the businesses on her own and go to school. I am NOT worried about getting a job and being stuck. I am never stuck. I can always hustle and make money one way or another. If I am unhappy or need to switch things up, I'll quit and do something else.
We want to stack as much cash as we can over the next 10 years and then retire in Costa Rica. We are there now. We have been here for 3 weeks and will be here for another month. It's where she is from. You don't need much here to live like a king...

 

Nice... I am ok at day trading. I find if I spend too much time doing it I get nuts so I don't want it to be my primary income. I've only been at it for 3 years so I am still new and as time goes on I'll get better at it. China huh? Nice! I haven't been yet. My wife and I love to travel. We have been to a few places but plan on seeing a lot more. China is definitely on the list along with Japan.