14 days, my small steps towards RE Investing

[Jonathan Rivera]

I'm not hear to impress anyone, but to let you in on how I started getting all of this done in such little time. It was after I got excited about BP that I turn to my girlfriend to tell her about it and she seemed indifferent to it as she stared at her screen. A minute later she said look what I tagged you in. I open Facebook, check my notifications, have a giggle, then proceed to scroll through mindlessly. 1hr later and I realize what am I doing. It was like I was in a trance. I check my screen time and there it was a smack to the face. 5hrs+ hrs of screen time on FB. I looked at the apps that were on that first page and I shifted everything around. I started with deleting the Facebook app. Now I'm still on FB, but I have to open a browser window to even get on to it and without the app there I honestly don't think about it. 

14 days ago after spending most of my night wired and consuming as much information as possible, I decided that I was going to dedicate myself to real estate investing. I got an app to countdown/up, and I got a date to count up from that day. I also put in my retirement date 11yrs from now. Then I put another date of 6yrs from now. 6yrs is when I want to retire. I also brought Kindle, Audible, Podcast, Youtube, and BP apps to my first page, putting the BP app exactly where FB was. Now my front page is built for production. Along with those I put banking apps, google drive, some work apps (to keep me posted on open OT) and LetGo (to sell unused items throughout the house). Obviously, Zillow and Realtor app as well. 

My results have been amazing! I've gone through 4 books through audible. I'm on BP more ofter (due to that FB twitch) reading a couple articles and forums vs scrolling mindlessly. I've also managed to listen to 3 webinars and a couple of podcast. I feel like I've taken in so much information. My girlfriend is super excited vs nervous when I first told her about investing. Every time she has a question I'm replying back with a solid answer. 

Outside of the phone, I've connected with a realtor, talked to a couple of lenders and I've used the calculators over 50 times. Even did a little driving for dollars in an area we were looking at. I've also managed to snag a couple of extra hrs of OT. All in all, I'm happier, more productive and I'm actually feeling the wheels start to spin taking me somewhere. If you say to yourself "I don't have the time" MAKE IT. Cut those things off that are not going to help you reach your goal. No one on FB is teaching me about Real Estate investing, you all here in this community are. Why waste time on FB catching up on peoples highlight reels, food pics or relationship drama? 

I'll leave you with this thought. I was talking to my gf about what a long month its been and how much I got done. That's when she looked at me like I was crazy. She tells me its been a couple days, but not a month. We go back and forth for a minute and that's when I remembered I wrote down my date with the timer. 14 days. I couldn't believe it. I've gotten more done in the last two weeks that I would have in a month thanks to rearranging things on my phone to serve my purpose. 

Let me know of things you have all done or any cool apps I should also include. Hope this helps someone out there reach their goals.