How has investing changed everyone life?

[Allen W.]

Hello all,

I wanted to ask a general question: How has real estate investing changed everyones lives?

I'm not necessarily speaking of financial gain only, but also time gained to do prefered things, wealth to pass on to children, etc?

I just received my first rent payment (tenant was almost late smh) on my first property purchased solely as an investment, and it feels good. I'm grooming my 6 year old now by telling him that he has a house in a nearby city. I want to give them what I wasn't given growing up...while teaching him and his brother to appreciate it; the value of a dollar; and what you can provide for yourself through hard work.