As the founder of the local real estate investment group, I have gone through the same scenario with my real estate investing. Internally, it would break my heart to see someone get into real estate investing after hearing stories of the riches that can be made up and quit their job and decide they were going to be a “flipper”

While I never want to dampen anyone’s enthusiasm, I am also realistic enough to understand that had I not had a full time job, I couldn’t have acheived what I did with my real estate portfolio.

I am looking at blogging about real estate investing in the same manner. Go slow, do alot of research and if I make money in the interim, great. If I don’t, I still have my job (which I still haven’t quit after 17 houses) to fall back on.

At the very least, I will grow in the process and hopefully make some more friends.

I think that many of us are attracted to the “Easy Money” way and some think that blogging provides it, but it very rarely (if ever) does.. I have read up on many different blogs and they all say the same thing: “It’s hard work to live off your blog”..

Though many of us, in my opinion, is very attracted to the easy way to riches, which is prolly also why some of us fall into the traps of scams, that provide easy money for next to no work..

Thanks for the post, i really enjoyed reading it.

It takes time to build a profitable blog. You do not just become a Professional Blogger anymore than you just become a Professional Golfer. It is not a decision you make, it is something you work towards over time.

This is so true. I just think that people still must add their own thoughts to whatever

That is something that I believe comes with concentrating on excellent content and ad placement as a serious HOBBY. Do something you love for the enjoyment and treat the money as a bonus. If you are doing the right thing the money will come. If it covers buying a bottle of wine to drink while you type your next article you should be happy. If it covers your Mortgage and pays your bills down the road that’s great too. As stated here it is a long hard road ahead. But travel down the road taking in the wonder of it all instead of charging down the highway with only the destination in mind.

You ever travelled somewhere that was going to take hours and found that it seemed like minutes because you found enjoyment on the way?

Ever have to drive 15 minutes and it seemed like hours because you only had the destination in mind?

Same thing here. Stop and smell the flowers. You have to make the journey you may as well enjoy it.

Thanks again Darren.

God Bless.

As the blog revenues rise, assuming they ever do, then I can close off the tap by not giving my time to other efforts.

Currently, based on some non-blog properties that I’m starting to take an interest in, I’m raking in the big bucks indeed, totalling less than $30 per month. However, with a bit of work prior to going “full time” I have been raising the average income rate, so hopefully it is only a matter of time.