All Forum Posts by: Anthony Newbold

 DAMN!  Fantastic Response.....!  YES!

I actually laid our the same thing!...  (x) amount of doors = NET REQUIRED= what you can afford to buy next = NET GAINED= next month do the same thing =  5 YEARS!  

Now, I wrote out mine for each and every month for 60 months, each and every property.......  I love what you just wrote, because I can relate to it so much!  And then lastly, you add the 'HARD PART'......  and that is the making it happen part.

I LOVE IT!  This forum is so full of positive and forward looking people.  It is so much a pleasure for me to read these after work.

Probably the most important thing I've read thus far was the 'Making it Happen' part.

That's the TRUE difference between those that succeed and those that don't.  That's all there is.  That's the ONLY difference.

Because we all have the SAME deals before us.  EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.  Has the same deal......  especially on this forum, all should know this.

The TRUE difference is making it happen, and there are THOSE THAT DO!,  and Those That Don't.

Stay Tuned!

 JD,,  having read several of your posts I respect you very much......

....  I must share that my 30 day 'Internet' retirement plan was in 'Jest'.

I simply wanted others that were reading this post to learn from my 50 years of mistakes..  and that there is no 30 day plan.

... unless it involves corporate robbery.  Love reading your posts and replies. :)

Thank you Russell,

Thank you for sharing your number.  I know you didn't have to.  But it is great information for me and all of us that are reading this thread. 

 Russell,

Neat plan.  Ease into it at 50 and finish at 52.  Being 36 now, tells me that you have thought this through .... and probably have a spreadsheet laying out all of the details.

I really wish I would have thought this through as well as you have.  I didn't have a spreadsheet at 36 or 46....  but I do have one now.

Anyhow...  I like your plan, but am curious what your number is?  What is ENOUGH passive income, and dividend income, and pension income.  What's the number for you at 36?

I'm simply curious because I didn't have one then and barely have one now.

...  appreciate every piece of knowledge that I gain from all of you.....

------Anthony

Chris,

Thank you so much for your thoughts.  You already know many of mine..  but since you shared, I will share a little more.  I was convinced to start my own business by 30, but didn't do it until I was 32.  I was able to do pretty much want I wanted to do ever since..  (AFTER WORK!)...    now let's be clear, what I want and what you want may be very different things.  Maybe, I just want to eat daily and an 88 cent meal works for me.  Also, I said 'After Work'.  And so I still work daily and quite a bit.  I can remember first opening my first business and working for an entire year EVERY SINGLE DAY except Christmas, and New Years.  Our policy, a common practice in malls, was to be open from 9AM to 9PM daily, except on Sunday ours closed early at 6PM.

I LOVED SUNDAYS!  I got to leave at 6PM...  but I never really went straight home.  It gave me a couple hours to purchase supplies 25 miles away at Sam's club for Toilet Paper and Paper Towels.  Those were the 'Happiest Times!'.

The above story is TRUE.  I respect that story, from myself and anyone that has a similar story.  But I WOULD NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.  Because truly, it was every single day for 363 days.  I look back on it as a sacrifice that had to be made, but one that I will never do again.

Anyhow....  you are currently 34.  How about being independent and working for yourself at 34!  Just simply reading your post already tells me your'e capable of doing it.  Don't wait until you're 35.  It's already in you.  Keep me posted on the adventure please.

Rock on!

 WOW,  Again, Excellently said.

This post has provided me with much more intelligent responses and discussion than I expected.  I am very thankful.  Thankful for every lesson that you folks are teaching me.

 PERFECT!

Absolutely perfectly said.  I am of the same mindset.  I will be doing the same, ....  just at Disney World.

Thank you Ozzy,,  Great information,  And just knowing what people near me are doing it makes me feel very good.

As far as 'connecting'...  I'm brand new, so I don't know what that button does.

Thank you George, and yes, I used to believe the same for the longest time.

In fact, I have taught all of my children 'Do what you LOVE and the MONEY will follow'... and emphasized that's what's important.  If it provides crazy amounts of money or little amounts of money it's not important.  Just do what you LOVE.

But through the years I have learned that doing what I LOVE just makes people want me to do it more...  Since I Love doing it, I ended up being good at it.... so people are willing to pay me more that 40 hours of work per week, in fact it can exceed 80 hours easily.  People know that I love it, are willing to pay for it, and I keep on doing it.

What I realized was that there was a limit to how many hours there are in a day, a week, month and a lifetime....

....  and that's when I realized I wanted to live at Walt Disney World.  It's not that I love it.  It's that I want it.  And in order to achieve this, I have to stop doing what I love.  It took me awhile to figure it out.  But I will have to stop working, because time is limited, and I can't achieve this 'Disney' goal if I continue to do what I love.  

Thank you so much for your post.  It's great.

Thank you Al,  

An interesting perspective that I had not considered.  Very interesting,  I will have to explore more.