If you want a easy life with no debt then buy a few nicely cash flowing deals but if a jets on your bucket list.. hire it out till it hurts 😂.

My degree was a bucket list item completed when I turned 50.

I'm sure it has not been easy.This post struck me as I just finished reading about 5 months ago a book which said something to the effect of- "If you come to me and ask me how to invest 500k I'll tell you to go invest in yourself first"Real-estate isn't as simple as dropping cash in a bucket and watching it grow, it's very intricate.

Worst of all, the basement had no exterior door, which meant that approx. 30-40 tons of water-logged clay had to be removed by hand, one bucket at a time, through a window!

Parts of Africa are so rich in oil that it's "harvested" with buckets.

The whole house is original galvanized steel plumbing--it probably has 1-5 years left, and when it kicks the bucket, you'll be ripping out all that fresh drywall and the finishings in the basement.

I let them know that I appreciate them keeping up with the cleaning but asked them to start filling a bucket to do the cleaning and explained that water is expensive as well as a luxury here in Chicago (I know people in California who can't even water their gardens).

We've now spent almost 10years living free in the prime of our lives checking off what most would call bucket list items and living each day like we're on vacation staring at the ocean and following our passions - but while ALSO growing a portfolio, starting a few passion projects that happen to make good money on the side, helping others achieve their goals/follow their passions, and doing/learning/experiencing things we could have only hoped to achieve decades from now. 

Consider it like your purchase price was 12,000 higher and run your cash flow analysis with the upfront capex in a different bucket.

The goal is to have multiple buckets you can fill as an investor because there are always going to be expenses come up (some that you will know ahead of time and others that are unexpected).