Do not give in to lifestyle inflation as the better w-2 jobs come along, raises, and bonuses.

This guy has used notarizing as his primary income for the past 20 years and was incredibly happy with his lifestyle. 

I saw where my boss lives , his lifestyle and thats what motivated me .

My background is in ecological design, which you can find out more about in my profile, but in short it means I design and help create abundant edible landscapes that not only grow healthy food, but also enhance the ecology by purifying water, providing habitat for wildlife, and actually sequestering Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in soil and plants.I have much gratitude to the creators of this space for creating something that is truly inspiring and brings people together.  

He was healthy but died unexpectedly of a heart attack and the company refused to pay off the car due to some technicality I cried the rest of that day and decided at that moment I was out of there, I couldn't live with being a part of that. 

So their so called below poverty income claim with section 8 doesn't match with their luxury lifestyle.  2.

As a result of my military lifestyle, and the places I have been stationed, northern Virginia, San Diego, Hawaii, where the returns are not as great as other areas, I have started investing remotely in areas with greater returns. 

High achievers always move the goal line out anyway; so, tying your happiness to the end result rather than daily action can result in unhappiness along the way.Regarding real estate investing, add value...it speeds up the wealth building process. in the For What ever its worth category.. to me real estate is life.. its a life style.. there is no retirement.. not sure why folks get so worried about retirement.. you get your stable of whatever kind of real estate you want  sFR multi commercial  Notes  short term lending .. fix and flip  value add  MHP  storage spec building etc etc.. and you nurse them along and work with them until you pass through the pearly gates.. why retire even if you retire with rentals your still involved in some manner.. if I looked at real estate that way I retired at 18 when I started selling the stuff it was and is not a JOB to me its a lifestyle..

They're called profit participation/JV terms, and if you plan to give 100% of the money to your borrower, they should be paying you a healthy percentage of the profits because at that point you are their partner, not a lender.

It’s incomprehensible to me someone would spend 10$ per day for decades only to give themselves a painful drawn out terminal disease .ive heard it said by physicians that when you see a healthy lung compared to a smokers lung it’s shocking .