25/07/2026
This was the street that started it all for us
We weren't thinking of making any big moves in life at the time, but a for sale sign on a house we loved the look of was the catalyst for where we find ourselves now....
Just out for a walk at the beginning of 2023 (well there's pub along this street which is where we were heading 😂) & a for sale sign caught our eye. We were just curious, so the next day we called the agent to book a viewing. It had already sold. Never mind, we weren't thinking of moving anyway. Fast forward 2 weeks & the agent calls us asking if we were considering moving & could they come and value our house. Now we're curious to see what it's worth....well lets just say when that valuation came in, we were pleasantly surprised 😮.
We knew at that point that it was now or never. Here was our opportunity to do what we had wanted to do for the last 10 years ~ invest in property ~ with our own capital as a jump start. So we decided to sell. Our family home we'd lived in & loved for the last 10 years. It was scary, exciting, stomach churning. We weren't just moving Nick & I, but our then 5 year old too. What were we thinking!
We accepted an offer after 3 months on the market and in November 2023, we moved into a rented house. One month before Christmas. It was further out than we really wanted to be, but there wasn't a great deal of choice on the market at the time, and having not been in the rental market for 20+ years, we were naive to its competitiveness!
That first year was tough mentally. Having given up a place we loved with great neighbours & a great sense of community (not to mention the security), to be living somewhere we really didn't enjoy (the chain smoking cannabis user next door didn't help!).
In January 2024, we joined PROSPERITY NETWORK and surrounded ourselves with people doing exactly what we wanted to do. Our first investment purchases came in September & October of that year. It felt surreal, like we still weren't sure we were actually doing this!
Last night we were walking to that same pub again (I know, there's a theme 🤣) & I just had to take a picture of the street that changed our lives. It's crazy how one tiny decision to make a call can change everything. We're still in a rented house (thankfully in a much nicer place now) & we're slowly creating our little portfolio.
We're due to complete on a little grunter on Tuesday which will take us to 4... and we're still churning over our own capital (alongside working with some private investors getting great returns on their own money 😉)
I could go on, but this is already a lengthy post, so if you've read this far thank you 😊. Things still feel scary, but each purchase we add to our portfolio builds our confidence & belief that we are doing this! 🥰
