I have decided as I near the big 4-0 that I really need to get a better handle on cash flow and long-term investing

Every day I feel that push-pull mentality of acute-in-the-moment time management and long-term planning that changes every hour.

I decided I need to do a better job of tracking my activities and share all of my learnings with others that are of the same mind.

A few key strategies I have employed so far:

• Selling things we don’t use, need or want to earn money for other investments
• Budget revamp – we eliminated everything we really didn’t need (i.e. dog walker, weekly tumble gym reduced to bi-weekly tumble gym, eating out reduced dramatically for at-home cooking, etc.)
• Stock Market Investing & Budget Management research – I have spent the last 2.5 months reading books, listening to podcasts and reading articles that have completely revolutionized my thinking:
  • Podcasts:
    • Choose FI
    • The FI Show
    • Bigger Pockets Money
    • Getting Money Right
    • Clever Girls Know
    • The Money Mindset
    • Frugal Debt Free Life
    • Listen Money Matters
    • Afford Anything
    • Mad FIentist
  • Books (provided in the order that is appropriate to read them:
    • Rich Dad Poor Dad
    • Chris Hogan (everyday millionaires)
    • Simple Path to Wealth
    • Dave Ramsey: Total Money Makeover
    • Tony Robbins Money: Master the Game
    • The millionaire mind
  • Websites/Facebook Groups
    • Mad Fientist
    • Choose FI
    • Bigger Pockets
    • Afford Anything
• Real Estate Investing-Specifically (most of the above includes real estate information):
  • Podcasts
    • The Real Estate InvestHER Show
    • Real Estate Rookie
    • Mobile Home Park Investors
    • Rich On Money
  • Books:
    • Millionaire Teacher

I have so much to learn but my goal (putting it in writing because that makes it real) is by next spring to have a real estate investment deal close. Still deciding if this will be a renovation project or not. The plan is to have a few properties that will bring in cash flow as part of an overarching portfolio to complement my index fund portfolio.

I will provide more info in follow-up posts!