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How do you find the time by being a mom and wife? How do you find the balance? Time is a valuable commodity and controlling your own businesses allows you to control your time. I'm fortunate in that my workplace allows me to attend the school related activities of our 3 children (ages 12, 10 and 7), but the fact is I spend most of my day making someone else wealthy. In order to free myself from this situation I have to use my available time to grow the things that were important to me, like my relationship with God, our real estate business and my desire to own an event planning venue. Truth be told it requires a little less sleep but its critical that we are present for the soccer games, and the piano recitals and the swimming lessons, available to play games, watch movies and have family meals. My life is composed of my choices. So how do i do that? By living life based on a few simple principles. I say no to things that take me away from my goal. Live life intentionally using my talents and abilities. And I try to align my life with the image I have of myself. "I say no to things that take me away from my goal. Live life intentionally using my talents and abilities. And I try to align my life with the image I have of myself." Results you are seeing after using our membership / product / service It's because of our association with REIA NYC that we are able to grow our portfolio. Prior to joining REIA NYC in the fall of 2013, my husband and I owned our primary home, purchased in 2002, and one investment property - my grandparents home, purchased in 2005. In the summer of 2014 we purchased a short sale property from a realtor using a creative fiancing strategy we learned through REIA NYC. Once introduced to Strongbrook, we purchased a Professional Service Agreement (PSA) and closed on our fourth home in the Spring of 2015. In addition we were able to partner with a group of like minded investors to purchase several investment properties in Detroit, Michigan. Describe what the process of working with Dr. Teresa R. Martin like Teresa is invested in increasing the capacity of both novice and seasoned investors. She offers opportunities for all us to network through WISE brunches and seminars, weekly team building calls or the REIA NYC monthly meetings. She makes herself available to hold accountability calls and offers advice on our individual investment strategies. She's straightforward , dynamic and full of conventional and non-conventional ideas on how to increase your wealth.