Getting your significant other on board

[Andrew Kennedy]

How? Seriously, how do you get your spouse on board, especially when you’re starting out?

I came into some money and have been focusing on real estate for the last few months. I have ready close to 40 books, contacted a lot of people to discuss, read articles and gone through podcasts. 

my wife won’t get on board. She says she’s on board but everything I try to show her or ask her to read, she won’t. I have her 1 book 3 months ago and she’s maybe read 20 pages of it. It’s really frustrating because I find myself fighting her reluctance and pushback every time I go to make a decision. I’m trying to keep her involved in the decision making process but she doesn’t educate herself or contribute. I’m at the point where I don’t even want to add her to any of the properties or consider using her credit because I don’t want to fight every time it’s time to purchase another investment property. She doesn’t want to do any work, doesn’t want to have a contractor come in to do the work a property needs and only wants to have turn key rentals. It’s so frustrating because that is why so many people pass on deals, because they don’t know or don’t want to put in the work. But she constantly says “Look at this 1.2 million dollar home we could have for us!” She expects us to purchase every property and just collect a check. I’m at a loss, and every time I talk to her about it or ask her for her input, she always has a negative mindset and can’t even see any potential that I do because she hasn’t educated herself. I can’t force her and I don’t know what to do