All Forum Posts by: Cody Z.

@Kip Cline - Aloha Kip, please PM me and we can coordinate a date/time to meet up in NOLA. I'll give an update on the Big Island and what's happening there. I wouldn't rule out Maui, Oahu or Kauai either! Lots-o REI opportunities in Hawaii if you know where to look 👍. Mahalo and Blessings! Joel

 I enjoy work 

I’ve always worked 60 - 100 hours a week

Now I’m older and I retired years ago 

I have a number in mind I want to make in net profit this year flipping

I want to double it next year 

I don’t really care about the money as I don’t like spending it   Just setting goals and hitting them is fun for me 

@Cody Z. I wouldn't call myself a rock star since I only have one STR at the moment, but my "why" is for my kids and travel. But not separately... put them together. Lol I want my kids tg travel the world because I never got to growing up. I want them to see the world so they will grow up with a global, and hopefully well-rounded and tolerant, perspective.

@Cody Z.
I like being personally responsible for my success and failures.

Who wants to make somebody else rich?

I was duck hunting with a guy and this is what he said.  You know Paul,  we're both making money right now and we're not working. He owns a factory. 

@Cody Z. My “why” is because in life my goal is to be happy and stress free from a financial perspective. I am fairly content right now just barely starting out the journey of financial freedom but the stress is there.

In 10 years I imagine myself waking up every day in the little home I designed, painting in my art room, and tending to my garden.

If I had to work all day every day at the rate I was going, I wouldn’t have been on a path to achieve that.

It brings me peace of mind that I’m on track to meet my goals!

I don't make/work towards goals or accomplishments. I create checkpoints. When you reach your goals of "financial independence " or "wealth" people tend to lose motivation and become stagnant and thus regression sets in. By making checkpoints, I am always pushing to be better and progressing in the race of life.

@Cody Z. So I am literally a complete noob but I ha like 3 I can think of

1.) I want to retire my mom, auntie, and make sure my family is good because I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without the help of everyone keeping me of the street and becoming a drug dealing statistic

2.) I want to become financially independent and successful to prove to myself that I know I can do it but it is a matter of drive, hard work, and consistency. I have alot of things I have come up with to make money but I know that real consistent wealth come from RE.

3.) I want to be a role model for my younger siblings. As stated above, I came from a terrible environment (Camden, NJ) and the last thing I want is for my younger brother a little sister is to become a statistic. I want them to know that it is possible and I will prove it.

4.) I kinda want a car collection 😅. Grow up I have always wanted to own Porche's, Lamborghini's, Ferrari's, McLaren's, and so on. I always would how I could get them and what it would be like to own them. Also, I kinda look up to Manny Khoshbin and to be better than him one day. He preach's to never give up no matter what!

I am still learning alot right now and it is slightly overwhelming (me being a noobie and all) but hard work pays of and consistency is key. I appreciate this question because I think about this all the time and would like to share my why. Thank you! 👍🏾

@Cody Z.

Great question for this group!

I asked myself what I enjoy most in my life and what things drag me down. I like skiing a lot, I like going on long hunts in the wilderness, I like doing sports with my kids, I like going on multi-day dates with my wife. I'm also extremely competitive and like to do a hard thing, drop it, and then move on to another hard thing (enneagream 3...can't help it!)

Real Estate makes all those things possible. It obviously provides passive income, but it also has so many different facets in case I get bored with one and want to level-up!

I'm a pilot for my W-2 job, which lots of folks think is an awesome career. I've gotten to fly a lot of amazing jets, but any job that requires you to work X hours/week will start to feel like servitude.

Why? FREEDOM to live and give to others.

I struggled with searching for my WHY as well. Best I can come up with is:

1. Having my first child later this year and I want to spend every waking moment with it.

2. I want to have F*** You money so no one can tell me what to do and when to do it. Whether it’s a lender, a friend, a family member, or the government. Don’t like how I live my life, no skin off my back. If I want to fly a rocket ship into space like Jeff Bezos, so be it. Invest in Dogecoin like Elon Musk, no worries.