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in Financial Independence | Retire Early · August 3, 2020

Maybe The Time is Now – Taking Action and Achieving Your Dreams

Hesitating to take action is normal. We question ourselves in every move and think that we are not ready to make our dreams a reality. What is it that you are holding back on doing? Is it starting a business, buying your first rental property, or is it learning a new skill? Whatever it is, I am sure that you are completely capable and ready to start doing.

It took me a long time before I started this blog. I bought the domain right after I came up with the idea because I was super excited and I wanted to make sure it didn’t go anywhere. I started writing content for the blog, but I was going to wait until I had succeeded to share my story. I didn’t feel like I was ready or legitimate enough to embark on this endeavor. I thought I needed to become an expert before launching without realizing that I was already an expert in my field.

The purpose of this page is to share my journey to financial independence. In this blog, I share my struggles, passions, weaknesses, losses, wins and all of that makes up life. I wanted this page to be fully transparent which means putting myself in the open and that was (is) a scary thought.

“What if I fail?”

“What If people don’t like me?”

“What if I change my mind?”

I was (still am) afraid to potentially expose myself as a failure or a phony. I still question myself, but I do it anyway. I have learned to understand that not everyone will like me and that I am allowed to change my mind. I am the owner of my life and decisions, no one else.

You should not deny yourself of your desires.

I was scared to buy my first rental property and now I own several properties. (Read more about this here)

I was scared to start this blog and now it is a passion I seek to explore more and more.

Once you get over your fears, it becomes easier to let yourself loose and to dream bigger.

As I become more committed to my financial independence journey, I feel more compelled to share what I have learned along the way. Not only does it keep me accountable, but I also want to let everyone know that is possible to do the same. If I had known what I know now 10 years ago, I’d probably be retired drinking margaritas on a beach somewhere.

However, without these mistakes, I would not have learned the lessons and probably would not have anything meaningful to share with you. A mistake I continue to do over and over is holding myself back from doing the things I want.

I was holding off on doing something I was passionate about because of my fear of being rejected and failing. The fear is not gone, but I took action and it feels empowering. 

This all goes to say that if you have something you are itching to do, but are holding off until the time is right…

Maybe the time is now. 

You are capable of everything you set yourself to do. All you have to do is wanted and trust yourself.

Do you want to reach financial independence and retire early? You can do it.

Let’s do it together.

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This is just my opinion. Do you agree? Let me know in the comments!

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I used to think that investing in real estate was I used to think that investing in real estate was for the rich. I became in love with real estate while working for a real estate investment company that owned hundreds of units. This was back in 2011 and I was 20 years old at the time. I had less than 5 years permanently living the US, so I had no idea about anything. I grew up in Colombia and the only talk of money we ever had was the lack of it. 

The investors I worked for were a wealthy family, so naturally, I thought… Real Estate requires wealth. I don’t have wealth. Therefore, I cannot invest. 

I figured… well shit, I need become wealthy so I can invest in real estate. Eventually, after educating myself I realized how wrong I had it. You can build wealth BY INVESTING in real estate.

Took me a couple of years to figure it all out. Hence, why I didn’t start investing until 2019. I wish I had figured out earlier, but it is what it is. In just 3 years of investing in real estate, I was able to accumulate more wealth than I ever thought possible. 

Just to give you an idea…Did you know you could invest in real estate with as little at 3.5% of the purchase price? For a $150,000, that’s only $5,750. Buy a duplex that needs a little bit of work, fix it up, rent one side and live in the other. This will reduce your monthly expenses significantly, save the money and do it all over again.*

Of course it’s not that simple, but it’s also not that difficult. There are some particular steps and considerations which is  why I recommend doing further reading on the subject. 

Book Recommendation:
✅“The House Hacking Strategy” by Craig Curelop and ✅“Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down” by Brandon Turner. 

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✅ listen to The Real Estate CPA podcast or join the Facebook group
✅follow social media accounts of the pricey Real Estate CPA and take notes of what they are saying
✅attend free educational events 
✅read BiggerPocket book on Real Estate taxes 
✅if you know anyone working with a really good Real Estate CPA firm, ask them what they are doing

Then use that to go your CPA or tax professional and be like “Hey, is this something we can do for me?” They’ll probably say, “Let me look into it”. 

If they are good, they are going to research it and/or ask their CPA peer group. (CPAs and tax preparers also have Facebook groups where they collaborate with each other).

Here is a piece of advice, if they tell you “No, we can’t use this loophole or no, you don’t qualify to use this strategy” —> Ask WHY and “How can I qualify in the future?.” This way you confirm they did their homework and aren’t just being lazy. Don’t just take no for an answer. You can then get a second opinion by asking a question in a forum or to your peers.

So don’t panic if you don’t have a real estate CPA or tax professional. 

Next video I’ll be answering the question… “Can I skip the tax professional altogether and do my own taxes?”

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