All Forum Posts by: Kaity Leisure

Hi D'Andre,

There are a lot of replies here but here are my two cents as a soon-to-be-divorced entrepreneur and real estate investor. 

If you have a big vision for your life, it is SO important that your partner be able to support you in it. Otherwise, the struggle and friction will wear you down, day after day, year after year, so that you will become both very unhappy and locked into THEIR limited way of life. 

Most people, by definition, are average: they have average incomes, lots of consumer debt, and are not financially free. They prefer the comfort and so-called stability of a 9-5 job, a big house, and living their life just like everyone else. By your striving for something greater, it's a threat to the average person's way of life. Most people, aka the "average" person, is resistant to change (even good change) and prefers to keep their fears and limitations instead of pushing past them to create success. To me, it seems that what you're talking about with your fiance is something that she simply can't understand, because it's beyond her mind's current limits.

To put it another way, if you are already receiving this much push back to something that you really want to do, think about how that will look like after many many years together. It seems to me your fiance is not someone who is willing to compromise and truly work together.

There are millions of people in this world. My advice is to find someone who will support you in your bigger vision for life and let you do the things that are meaningful and important to you. You deserve it.

Hi Addie,

Great advice here indeed. One thing that struck me about your post is that you didn't receive a lot of detailed feedback from your agent, especially in the first weeks of the listing.

My experience, even with good PMs and out-of-state management, is you have to be on top of them during vacancy. Don't hesitate to ask for the exact feedback from every showing, check comps on the price, review the pics and description yourself, etc. because no one has your interest in mind as much as you do. :)