Women need to take stock and take RESPONSIBILITY! I was in a networking meeting last night; won't say which one. The stories I hear are HEARTBREAKING.
Woman who had been married 35 years. Stayed at home, didn't have her own IRA, didn't feel that she had any job skills, and WORRIED about her future!
Highly successful woman, retired from a successful business. Had investments, lived the good life, travelled, played golf, had fun in life. Trusted a financial advisor, who bet everything on a B of A stock. She lost EVERYTHING in a margin call!
Woman who has been retired for several years, helps other women move forward to her disadvantage.
Women who have NEVER been concerned with finances, whose husbands make the money and they just spend it. And they have a little business on the side to reduce taxes and to network with other women.
And women who are STILL married after 35 years, and can't leave because they don't have the financial backing.
And of course, those women who are still waiting for Mr Right; who didn't prepare for the future because they were too busy living in the present.
These are just a few of the stories I heard last night. This is why i have a PASSION for getting women (men too) involved in real estate investing. If they can reduce their taxes, increase their cashflow, build wealth, both inside a Self Directed Retirement Account and outside so they can enjoy the fruits of their labor, they'll be ok.
It's like Aesop's fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper.
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."
"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
And that's what I've been teaching women: prepare for the future, live in the present, and take action for you, no matter WHAT your circumstance.
Listening to Brian Tracy, who positively HARPS on the concept: I am Responsible. So I said it in different ways.
I am responsible!
I AM responsible!
I am RESPONSIBLE!
I AM RESPONSIBLE!
Sometimes followed by "Oh, S..., I'm responsible." Then I get up and take the next step.
These stories are why I'm passionate about helping women in particular. My story??? I made it through the divorce ok. I started a business that was generating a good income. Then my ex took me back to court for a 730 eval; where he attempted to prove me unfit as a parent. I won the court procedure; 4 times before he gave up.
It cost me $600k. Not for the fight itself. For taking my focus off my finances. For the loss of my business. For the loss of my equity and for the loss of my trading account.
And my daughter has said that, if she had gone to live with her dad, she would be dead now. That she would rather be on the streets than live under that level of controlling behavior. I know that I would spend the money again to save my daughter's life.
So, I started from nothing and achieved a net worth of over $600k. Now I'm starting over after a 5 year depression.
And I am GRATEFULLY RESPONSIBLE. Why do I say it like that? Because if I am responsible, I can do something about it. I know the way, I've done it before and I WILL do it again. Because I AM responsible.
And God doesn't waste a hurt. I will continue to help women focus forward, to achieve their ideal life.
Women need to take stock and take RESPONSIBILITY! And the programs I support help them to take those actions! I teach women to invest in real estate, to use real estate as a vehicle to their success. For those who do not want to learn, I'm partnered with successful investors who will do it for them.
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