Would You Risk It All?

Do you ever wake up and wonder what I want to do with my life? No, like really wonder...I've been thinking about this for the past three years of my life of poverty. I always have that thought in the back of my mind, should I have gone to a four year college to earn a bachelor's degree? No, my parents couldn't afford that. Should I have played the lottery more and boom just get rich? No, isn't that easy, only people in the most oddest states ever win. Should I sell drugs? No, people never survive in that lifestyle standing on a corner everyday.

On this specific day January 1st, 2020 I thought about what if I start doing real estate? So, I took a lot of time researching wondering if I could have over ten properties and make over $500k a year; sounds crazy right? Not really. Our mind is telling us to be realistic but to me anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Especially being a struggling single mother for six years straight I have to do this; not only for me but for my beautiful daughter who looks up to me. In the long run she will thank me. Thank me for my hard work I've put into this business that will be passed down to her, so she wouldn't ever have to work for anyone in her life. I thought maybe that was the least I could do.

January 21st comes and I am doing all paperwork necessary to begin my life in real estate. I didn’t even want to go to real estate school. I just wanted to get my first property; but now what? Do I rent it out for monthly income or flip it? Well if I flip it that would be more money out of my pockets...Well, what do I have to lose. So I purchased my first property a few days later and I decided to flip the house. In total for purchasing from renovation, paying a real estate agent to help with the process I’ve spent over 100k. It was well worth it...do you want to know why? I bet. After months of hard work into the property I’ve made over $500k back, I called it my mini mansion; what a blessing in disguise.

All of the money I made just from my first property risked it all down to my last dime in my bank account; I could buy more properties and do more investing. This is the lifestyle I’ve always dreamed of; being a stay at home mommy to be with my daughter and watch her grow up instead of working like a slave and not being able to see my precious little girl except for when it’s time for us to say goodnight, I love you. Something had to give…

It’s almost the near of February and I’ve made over $1 million so far with all of the investments I’ve made. Now I can sit back and relax; I call this early retirement for a 26 year old African American woman from Philadelphia you’d be lucky to make it out where I came from. I always said I’m never going back; ever again. I don’t want to put me or my child’s life at risk all over again with struggling day to day.

I can finally say I did, I risked it all and would do it all over again in a heartbeat no questions asked.