Well, I wrote a description and it didn't upload for some reason! First draft was excellent, what a shame.

I have 2 active deals I'm currently working, I go over each one, pros & cons and break down my thoughts. Not even sure I should be actively hunting for deals, but it is what it is at this point.

One of the many reasons people avoid Commercial Real Estate is the lack of active income while building a portfolio. Of course there are ways to do it via CRE but for the most part, it doesn't make reliable money on a monthly basis in the beginning. In fact, I've experienced money going out, further enhancing the problem.

In this episode I talk about what I've been doing about the active income portion in my life, and how that plays into the CRE game. For me, I was lucky enough to basically take most of my time and pour it into CRE for the last 6 months. But now, that clock has ran out. Before I got into it, I knew I had a short window of operating before I needed to focus on active income again, so it's no surprise.

Also working on increasing passive income to reduce to the amount of active income I need, which means I can spend more time working on CRE, which is the ultimate goal.

2025 was a major year, maybe the biggest of my career. Starting to build momentum, things are starting to work, and a reminder that it takes a bit longer than you think. 1 year of making intentional progress in the right direction is good, but 4 more years of that and we'll be heading towards a much different trajectory.

2026 Objective: Focus on true, real cash flow, $4,000 minimum, stretch objective, $7,000

Can't wait to document it all along the way!

Short week, Tbird is for real almost finished. Carpet finished end of last week, cleaning ladies finished on Tuesday, we hired a broker to list the office for rent. There's legitimately less than 8 hours of work to get Tbird done, and that's really exciting.

Any podcast now I may have an update on getting Tbird leased up, that day will be worth celebrating for sure.

Until next time, Merry Christmas!

Thunderbird is so close to the finish line I can smell it!!! Not sure what it exactly smells like, but it smells GOOOOOOD!!!! We agreed on terms with the existing tenant which is great for both of us, and had a fantastic walkthrough meting with the brokers that are going to lease the property for us.

All around good news, which doesn't happen quite often. And enjoying the small victories when they come.

Also, I said my first swear word in 16 episodes which is just absolutely wild it took this long, considering my vocabulary mostly consists of pirate/truck driver words, sorry Mom!!!!

Semi joking here, flooring is done and looks fantastic, couldn't be happier. The contractor was fast, efficient, and did an excellent job. I hope I have more buildings that require flooring, I would use them 10/10 times. Final push to get the remodel completed, few more days hopefully to get 95% done.

Razor close to getting a new lease signed for the small suite. Busy busy busy!!!!

Thunderbird remodel is in full swing, flooring crews are prepping the floors for the glue down LVP and doing a fantastic job. The main sticking point has been color of flooring. The trim work in this place is gorgeous, but colors do not match well with it. And come to find out, companies don't make a ton of options in glue down flooring since the click/lock is so popular. Floor coloring has eaten up a majority of my week, and finally, made a decision that cost about 5k more, SO BE IT!

Thunderbird is moving along nicely. Some things coming under budget, other issues popping up that cost thousands. Pretty standard for a remodel, especially for flippers with very mild experience. Common sense goes a long way, and being around friends that flip hundreds of houses helps out for sure. I'm guessing 30 days from today we'll have a finished product.