I never thought about real estate. It simply was not on my radar. I thought the American dream was simply to own one home. Boy, was I wrong.
It started out with graduate school for me. Up to that point, I had not known debt. I was blessed in that my parents worked hard and paid for my undergraduate degree. However, with graduate school came credit cards and college debt. And then I met my wife, and she too had college debt.
Flash forward twenty years. We have three children. Our college debt is not paid off. We have credit debt. We didn't have any credit debt a few years ago, but with a new child, there were some home improvements we needed that we could just not afford.
There is good news. My wife's business has been growing over the 12+ years she's been in practice. I have advanced in my career and earn a good income. But we still live in our starter home. Our lifestyle has grown with our income.
We have been working for money rather than having our money work for us.
I want this cycle to end. I want to be able to retire someday, but the only way I see it as possible is by working now to generate passive income. Pay off debts, gain a revenue stream where money works for the family. The goal of this "news" section is to document our journey. Will you join us?