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All Forum Posts by: Andrew Perkins

Andrew Perkins has started 15 posts and replied 73 times.

Post: Can real estate create happiness

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Shiva Bhaskar

Thanks! Gratefulness has been brought up more than a couple times during discussions. Do you think habitual gratitude could be an ingredient that leads to happiness?

As far as the business bringing you joy, that’s exactly what I was leaning towards with this post! I have very little experience, but I feel that what I have learned and experienced so far in real estate allows for more opportunities and avenues than other paths that I’ve explored. And I’m grateful to have found something that makes me think that way.

Post: Can real estate create happiness

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Joe Splitrock

It’s all about perspective! But can someone learn to shift their perspective?

Post: Can real estate create happiness

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Patricia Steiner

I love that you used grateful as a key component! Thanks for your input and recommendation!

Post: Can real estate create happiness

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Patricia Steiner

Thanks Patricia!

I totally agree that it is much easier to be happy! Would you say that most people find it easy to be happy? How would you rate the overall happiness of your colleagues and clients? One thing I’m hoping to discover is that most people actually are happy. I think that media has done a number in convincing the public otherwise.

Post: Can real estate create happiness

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Will Fraser

Thank you for the in-depth insight! It sounds like you would be a fantastic person to interview on the subject if you were ever interested! It seems like the “why” is so important, especially for millennials. I have never given thought to previous generations not being as concerned with this. Even throughout my formal education years, we never discussed “why” we were learning certain things or even what we were supposed to do with that knowledge.

Post: Can real estate create happiness

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Will Fraser

This is great! I really love “happiness is there for the taking!”

Quick question regarding what you said about a poor labor class dad from Bangladesh. Do you think that the opportunity not being present for him factors in? In other words, does having the opportunity to achieve success and wealth cause people to be “unhappy” if it’s not achieved? Do you think it’s easier to play the “success comparison” game in the United States, thus making happiness harder to attain?

Thanks so much for your input!

Post: Can real estate create happiness

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

Hello!

A friend and I have recently begun sitting down with people who identify as “Happy”, and trying to find out what that means to them. It made me curious, as a part of the biggerpockets community, how real estate can impact happiness.

As a quick example for me - my wife and I started investing in real estate a couple years ago have just a couple SFRs so far. We aren’t making tons of profit yet, but some of the things that it has given us so far, I feel greatly contribute to happiness. It’s given us something to build. Something to pass down to our children. It’s forced me to learn and grow! I’m reading books again, listening to successful people, trying to do what they do. It has made me so excited for the future, and I’ve realized that the possibilities are endless. It’s even benefited my (non real estate) career. I’ve learned from the podcast that small steps lead to great things, and that momentum can be created! The list goes on and on, and it’s all originated from real estate - or more specifically, biggerpockets.

So, what I’m really wondering is - Is this unique at all to real estate? Or rather, is real estate a vehicle that can generate happiness more effectively than other paths?

Post: How am I ever going to get enough to safely invest?

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Max Ratner

Are you talking about utilizing a small down payment to purchase a house to live in? Renovate it while living there and then turn it into a rental and re-finance it? If so, that is called “house hacking”, and it definitely can be a good idea! But your question has a few pieces in need of clarification. Are you currently paying rent somewhere? If so, is that also causing you to live paycheck to paycheck? Because the purchase of a house to live in generally is less expensive per month than rent is. Also, why are you currently not working full time? A lot of these questions are hard to answer without knowing your situation and goals.

Post: Can Real Estate create Happiness?

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Pat L.

You obviously have tons of experience as a successful real estate professional, and have tons on practical advice for a newer investor! But what advice would give on how to make sure that at the end of the “day”, you are happy with your life?

Post: Can Real Estate create Happiness?

Andrew PerkinsPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Posts 73
  • Votes 39

@Pat L.

I really love this! I know we still have a long way to go on our journey, but it seems like every time I look back and smile, it’s a situation in which we struggled and overcame. Even when it comes to our marriage, we are happy with where we are because we didn’t give up.

How true is it, that if you wouldn’t have had all of the tough times and struggles, that you wouldn’t be as happy with where you are now? Or would it have even been possible to be where you are now without the tribulations?