Planning the Rest of Your Life Today
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Steve: Jack Butala here from Land Academy. Welcome to our Cash Flow from Land Show. In this episode, Jill and I talk about planning the rest of your life today. Jill, is there anything more important than this to do today?
Jill: No.
Steve: I still do it sometimes.
Jill: I love it.
Steve: Before we really get into, let's take a question.
Jill: Okay. Brian from Seattle called in and asked, "You guys are great. I am all in. How can I convince my wife?"
Steve: He's all in. Have you talked to him?
Jill: I have talked to him and this is true.
Steve: Of course it is, I know. I'm wondering if he's like, is he a member?
Jill: [crosstalk 00:00:41]
Steve: Is he a member is what I'm asking.
Jill: Yeah he is. This is why I actually threw this in here because this is real and I think this comes up more than you realize Steven.
Steve: Oh, you're qualified to answer this more than me.
Jill: I am qualified to answer this because this is what I told Brian on a couple things. One, have her call me. No, seriously. There's something to be said for that. We women look at things differently.
Steve: Really?
Jill: You're so silly. Nice. Oh my goodness. All right. We all know it's true. Our gut, we have these things. We see things differently and it's a good thing. You know, if you, how do I say this? When you're looking at something, you want your wife's input. A, she might pick up on something that you missed, so that's a really good thing. Have her evaluate the situation, or the investment, or whatever it is with you. Then, for that reason. B, she better be on board or it's not going to work, so you want her to be all in. That's a good thing. Here's what I tell Brian, a couple things. A, I'm happy to talk to her. B, get her involved, listen to her. C, if she's not sure that this is something, that would be to doing our just buying and selling land and making a profit, agree on a dollar amount. Say hey sweetheart, I want to spend five hundred dollars, buy a property, make some money. I'm going to show it to you as a working example, what do you think? Because that's what he did and she was like, "Oh, I'm in."
Steve: That's good.
Jill: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Steve: You know, I'm going to have two points to make here. One, you should never get into any partnership or stay in one, whether it's in marriage or a business partnership or any two people doing anything if you're not better together.
Jill: True.
Steve: Sometimes you find out about that later and you make some changes, but two people have to be better together, so if his wife's concerned it's not a bad thing, it's a good thing, right? Then, my second point is, I have a peeve, you want to hear what it is?
Jill: Uh oh, yes.
Steve: Don't just say, no you're not going to get into the land business. Say, you know what? I love your spirit. I don't want to work at this job the rest of my life either, but land's not my thing at all, but I would love to own an ice cream shop, or I would love to buy skyscrapers. Land is too small. Let's go bigger. Let's provide a solution too, not just like a bitch.
Jill: What your peeve is, just people that just shut down ideas for no reason?
Steve: Yeah, or just say no. Like remember your parents used to do that. No.
Jill: Steven are you speaking from experience? Where did this peeve come from?
Steve: I have spent a lot of time in Detroit. There's a lot of people in Detroit who are, they're just, you know. My dad calls it quietly desperate, which I think is a poem or some crazy quote from some car guy somewhere.
Jill: Quietly desperate.