BIO - Pt. 1 of 3

Aloha,

This is Part 1 of 3

A very good friend of mine pointed out to me that my blogs don't talk about my objectives nor does it state where I am coming from, so this blog is to outline what I am about as an investor as well as what the intentions are for this blog.

So here's some background on why I do what I do. It all started when I read my first "Financial" book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. From that moment on, I needed to become financially educated and be financially free not only for me but for my Ohana! So I decided to begin by going to a few seminars about stock investing via Rich Dad Education. I learned how to create a stock portfolio and how to run analysis for the stock of a business I am interested in obtaining a position in. Now Rich Dad Education offered a coaching program, later realizing that I would not be able to keep up with the coaching.

I have read several of Robert Kiyosakis books but somehow I needed to expand my horizon and I knew that Robert was not the only one out there teaching and educating people finacially. So I started talking to financial advisors, CPAs and stock brokers to see what they do and any tips or insight they may have for me personally. I have also expanded my learning to Audiobook like the "Dummies" series of finical books, Warren Buffet, Donald Trump and Jim Cramer from Mad Money, The Street and stockpickr.com.

Now stocks are a good way to invest, but you need to know everything about a company you currently have or will be wanting a position in. You need to constantly be researching and keeping up to date with it, day in and day out. I simply don't have the TIME to do that, I would LOVE to but with a full time job I just don't have enough hours in a day.

Thats when I turned to real estate as a means to get out of my full time job and invest full time. Instead of working for someone else and making them rich I want to work for myself and be Young Rich & Free!

Here's to being Young Rich & Free in 2012!

Kona