Winner!
I am brilliant.
My brain is above average size. How do I know this? I have masterfully figured out all my problems in one single dazzling masterful thought. Soon, I will be the only person on this planet without any problems whatsoever. You can start hating me now.
The house looks like it is going to be paid off in March; I'm still on schedule at least. This means that I will not owe anyone anything, and I will have become as free a worker as possible ( I still have to pay property tax and utilities). So, property tax and utilities are among my only remaining problems. I started thinking about how to solve this, and I jokingly started to tell Martin about my idea to save up and buy the building we work at. He laughed.
Then I started to think seriously about it. The stock market is more and more seeming like this huge gamble machine where little people like me can't generate any kind of income needed to retire on. It's discouraging just to see your savings stay stagnant or God forbid get reduced to nothing. Plus, I keep reading that IT stuff is getting shipped out of the country for the cheaper rates, and all the downsizing culture sure isn't helping the worry about it.
Then I started to talk to Martin about actually pooling some money together and buying a few unit apartment complex units or even a small strip mall to rent out. I think a strip mall would have less hassle with tenants calling you. He seemed a little reluctant but thought it worth checking into. I went to a realtor web site, and they have quite a few commercial and business buildings for sale. Things I, him, and maybe a couple of others could swing the down payment for.
Here is the real problem solving part of it though. I told Geetha about it. I told her it is just an idea, but she said she knew a couple people who made a lot of money off this type of thing, and she thought it was a great idea. She said she would be very interested in it. I told her I don't know how much extra a month it give us all, and I wasn't really looking at as an investment, but a means to generate some extra monthly cash. We'd buy it, hold on to it, and maybe not have to worry so much about whether we are going to get laid off or not. I also told her it seems like it is a pretty stable low risk thing to do investment wise. She agreed. Maybe, if we're lucky, we can each have an extra five hundred to a grand a month.
First problem solved is I'll be closer to actual real financial freedom. Next problem solved is having Geetha in my life.. forever.
Woo hoo! I win!
This is probably another hair brained idea that I won't do anything about. Don't hold your breath.
My brain is above average size. How do I know this? I have masterfully figured out all my problems in one single dazzling masterful thought. Soon, I will be the only person on this planet without any problems whatsoever. You can start hating me now.
The house looks like it is going to be paid off in March; I'm still on schedule at least. This means that I will not owe anyone anything, and I will have become as free a worker as possible ( I still have to pay property tax and utilities). So, property tax and utilities are among my only remaining problems. I started thinking about how to solve this, and I jokingly started to tell Martin about my idea to save up and buy the building we work at. He laughed.
Then I started to think seriously about it. The stock market is more and more seeming like this huge gamble machine where little people like me can't generate any kind of income needed to retire on. It's discouraging just to see your savings stay stagnant or God forbid get reduced to nothing. Plus, I keep reading that IT stuff is getting shipped out of the country for the cheaper rates, and all the downsizing culture sure isn't helping the worry about it.
Then I started to talk to Martin about actually pooling some money together and buying a few unit apartment complex units or even a small strip mall to rent out. I think a strip mall would have less hassle with tenants calling you. He seemed a little reluctant but thought it worth checking into. I went to a realtor web site, and they have quite a few commercial and business buildings for sale. Things I, him, and maybe a couple of others could swing the down payment for.
Here is the real problem solving part of it though. I told Geetha about it. I told her it is just an idea, but she said she knew a couple people who made a lot of money off this type of thing, and she thought it was a great idea. She said she would be very interested in it. I told her I don't know how much extra a month it give us all, and I wasn't really looking at as an investment, but a means to generate some extra monthly cash. We'd buy it, hold on to it, and maybe not have to worry so much about whether we are going to get laid off or not. I also told her it seems like it is a pretty stable low risk thing to do investment wise. She agreed. Maybe, if we're lucky, we can each have an extra five hundred to a grand a month.
First problem solved is I'll be closer to actual real financial freedom. Next problem solved is having Geetha in my life.. forever.
Woo hoo! I win!
This is probably another hair brained idea that I won't do anything about. Don't hold your breath.