Real Impact

Everyone needs to pay for shelter. Generally, there are two ways to do this - rent or own. This book is about how this decision, because it is one of your largest expenses throughout life, has an enormous impact on your personal finances. Myths are debunked and intuitions are challenged while considering all financial aspects of this important decision.

Confidence isn’t a result — it’s a requirement. It is what fuels achievement, leadership, and wellbeing. We’ve been misled, often lied to. Confidence isn’t inherited or vicariously inspired. You don’t just get it by working hard or faking it ‘til you make it. Sadly, it takes most people 60+ years to figure it all out and reach their confident best.

Real estate has been in existence since people have decided that living in caves was no longer an option. However, most progress in real estate has probably happened in the last two centuries or so with the invention of the elevator. Elevators made it possible for real estate to include high-rise office buildings, multiple-floor residential apartment houses, and shopping malls.