Today I had the pleasure, no the honor, to meet a gentleman whose home I was looking to purchase.  This gentleman has lived in the home for 20+ years and has a size-able amount of equity in the home with mortgage payments under $500.  Living there has given him a content life.  A decent life with a solid job (one which he had for 27 years!) that payed him well enough to enjoy the comforts he needed while supporting his daughter.

Then real life happened to this real person.  All it took was for that comfortable job to go away to spin his life out of control.  He reached out to one of my companies (Simply Sold Home Buyers) looking to see if he could perhaps start over and be free of his debt by selling us his home.  You see even though his payments were low, when you have zero income coming in…your reserves can go away very quickly.  With mounting late payments, potential foreclosure looming, and his life starting to spin out of control, he turned to us just to explore the idea of a new beginning.  Needless to say nothing looked very positive in his life at this very point.

You see when things go dark in ones life, it is easy to get consumed by that darkness.  Hope becomes a distant memory.  Optimism turns to pessimism.  Joy turns to misery.  And doubt rules your life.  You begin to doubt your abilities, Read the rest of this entry

I get asked this question a lot, which sort of surprises me. Recently I had one of my clients’ say, “Dan, what exactly is the Investor Lifestyle?”

“What do you think it is?” I quickly replied.

“Honestly, I imagine that it’s living without worrying about paying my bills, enjoying time with my children, and going to exotic places for vacation.” she said after thinking about it for a short time.

“Well there you have it; that is the Investor Lifestyle.”

I went on to explain that I can not define her Vision of what that Lifestyle is, nor would I want to. To be honest, the Investor Lifestyle is completely personal. It is self defined. For some of my colleagues it means having thousands of loyal students learning their craft (real estate investing or otherwise), while some want to have the expensive car, big house(s), and fashionable clothing. But that is not everyone’s Vision, for quite a few it simply means doing something that they love (which could actually be their job, but not very often!) or just having the choice/freedom to live each and every day to its fullest.

Living the Investor Lifestyle is all about choice. That choice is defined by the individual, not the environment. Those of us who live it decided at some point in their life Read the rest of this entry

First let me say welcome to the website that is dedicated to the thoughts of Dan Sprietzer.  Secondly, let me say that this site exists today only because of a conversation I was recently having with a client of mine concerning my philosophies of business, life, and balance.  So to that client, I want to say thank you, especially since I have been continuously putting this project, as well as my other big project TheInvestorLifestyle.com on the back burner.  (And before any of my clients or friends can say anything, yes, even I procrastinate projects that are important!)

This site will reflect many of my personal thoughts and perspectives on all things.  It is going to be in essence my living journal, and I will attempt to not offend my readers but be fore-warned I do not guarantee that you won’t be offended at some point.  Please feel free to respond via the comments, unlike many blog writers I will actually respond and post the comments (yes, even the ones that are contrary…but not comments that are malicious, cruel, or hate-fed)

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