How do I get my wife to want to continue buying more houses??

[Adam Bordes]

Hey guys! Here's the situation...

We just bought our first rental property and in an effort to save some money on the renovation, my wife took the last few months off work and, along with some help from our "flipper friends," she has handled pretty much all of the repairs at the house. Needless to say, my amazing wife is EXHAUSTED!!

Being the guy with HUGE financial goals for us, I want to be buying 1 property/year for the next few years. My wife, on the other hand, is so wiped out with this recent renovation, the thought of getting into another fixer-upper just ain't happening anytime soon.

I'm reading Brandon's book now where he talks about how to get your spouse on board, and I also wanted to see if any of you have gone through anything like this. If so, how did you handle?

Thanks so much!!

[Jon Holdman]

Doesn't sound to me like the issue is persuading your wife to buy houses.  Its persuading her to take MONTHS off from her job and rehab houses.  Frankly I don't blame her for being unenthusiastic.  Seems like your "HUGE financial goals" involve buying her a job she doesn't want.   I think the two of you need to discuss your goals and come to an agreement that satisfies both of you.  She's your wife, not your unpaid laborer.  Hey, you got one rehab out of her.  My wife would have told me right up front what I could do with the rehab project.

I did a couple of these projects.  Only it was me doing most of the work (on the first one) and some less but still a lot (on the second).  I didn't take off from my regular job, so it was nights and weekends for weeks on end.  I've done another project where all the work was done by contractors.  It still requires a lot of time and supervision.   Honestly I don't think I would do it again, as long as I have a day job.