So where did he need my help ? Organization ! I ’ m a bit obsessive about being organized . It makes life so much easier . It definitely makes business a lot easier , especially if you are selfemployed . I didn ’ t like the interaction with the sellers but I am very good with paperwork and getting organized . Seeing what needs to be done and doing it .
These days I handle all of the paperwork . The computer work . The accounting . Dealing with all the monies . From rent to invoices to mortgages … and everything in between . What I do not handle are tenants because quite frankly tenants can be big babies and I gave up my babysitting job when I was a teenager !
Our business relationship works very well . We try not to step on each other toes but sometimes that does happen . We are very clear on whom does what and we try not to cross each other boundaries but it does happen ever so often . We gently remind the other that ’ s a nono . Ok that ’ s not always true … sometimes there ’ s a lot of very loud talking and then we calm down and act like adults and work it out . Things are much easier that way . It ’ s been a lot of fun these 30 plus years . It ’ s a lot of hard work . It can be a lot of fun too . Real estate enabled us to do things we never would ’ ve been able to do . We ’ ve traveled and traveled and traveled some more … we ’ ve been able to help others and give back which is a whole lotta fun .
Wife ’ s Life of a Real Estate Investor
Real estate has been good to us . It will be good to you too as long as you understand it ’ s a part time job or even a full time career . It is not a get rich quick program but a real life hard working job that you need to work at to be successful . If you get to work with someone you love … even better .
Rachell Reed