The Little Duplex That Could

Welcome back! I have been talking about all the steps we need to take in order to leave our jobs and travel the open road in an RV. One of the big obstacles is we want to do this at a time when our youngest leaves for college! I have been wondering how the heck … Read more

So what are our specific “Next Steps”?

So far, I have taken you all over the place. You have so far learned: We would like to retire early a year from now, which would make us 45 and 55 years old respectively. We want to sell our belongings and travel in an RV for an undetermined amount of time. We have spent … Read more

Teaching our kids about investments

So not everyone who reads this blog have invested in real estate as we have, but you have made some sort of investment in your life. Whether you have purchased a bond, a stock, contributed to a 401k, purchased a home you live in, paid for college, whatever it is that you get a return … Read more

The “Next” Step

I wanted to expound on some of my thoughts about the “next step”. You might be saying, the next step towards what? And the answer really is anything you can name – anything you want, need, would like to accomplish. The hardest thing we humans do is to take action. We talk ourselves out of … Read more