Extra Income Goal

I’ve been quiet on this blog and one of the reasons (besides my volunteer work and writing) is because I’ve been house hunting- investment house hunting this spring/summer. I’ve dreamed of owning real estate property since my freshman year of college. That’s almost 10 years, yall. I’m intrigued by real estate, especially older homes. The character and charm… *drooling*.

Anyways, I feel that now is the time with property being so inexpensive. I’m into long term investment, renting to tenants. I’ll be using a property management company. Don’t want to deal directly with tenants.

I’ve looked at a couple of houses, had a few setbacks (read: being beat out by cash offer investors before I can even pipe in with an offer.) I’m ready for the next step of putting in an offer on a house. When I find THE ONE. Perhaps it’ll be this weekend.

It’s exciting and scary all at the same time. I’ve got to take that leap though if I’m going to do it. I told my mom I know no one is going to knock on the door and hand me the keys/deed to my first rental property. It doesn’t work that way. I’ve got to put in the work and the time to find it.

Good credit? Check! Down payment? Check! Chosen house? Wish me well…
I’ll keep everyone posted on how it goes.

As you can see I didn’t put a ticker up for August.

In addition to beginning volunteer work as a board member for my neighborhood’s community organization, I’ve decided to do some “business building.” It’s a niche site I’m working on as part of a workshop. Great opportunity.

So what is a niche site? It’s a helpful/informative Web site about a specific topic monetized with various ads and product recommendations. It’s more sophisticated than this blog. I find myself rambling here. Haha. I’ve chosen a nice topic and I’m enjoying it so far. I plan to inform readers and hopefully make a little money. A lot of articles to write, but I know it will pay off in the end. : )

Perhaps I’ll write more about niche sites in the future. After I know what I’m doing. Lol.

Oh yeah, I’m still on my fitness kick. I’m down 10 pounds. Another 10 to go?

I made $228.53 for the month of July. Not the $250 I originally intended to make, but it works for me. In the same month, I spent less time in front of the computer to exercise and work on my fitness with walking and biking. I also ramped up my involvement in community work and that also involved a couple of evening meetings. There has to be a balance to maintain things long term. So I’m pleased with what I made.

As far as the weight loss, I’m pleased with the six out of seven pounds I lost. I plan to lose another four or five pounds this month.

I’ve got a number of extra income generating things going simultaneously so I figured I’d go with an all encompassing month-long goal. The ticker may include earnings from ChaCha, Associated Content, niche Web sites, MTurk, CashCrate, profits from Ebay sales, paid surveys, etc. Some things I’ll do more than others. Some things I may not work on at all this month. Just depends on how I’m feeling as long as I keep moving closer to my goal.

The goal for the month of July is $250.
Putting it in perspective it’s the equivalent of my truck insurance, cell phone, landline/Internet and home alarm bills.

Added a Bonus Ticker.
I also have a weight loss goal this month to lose seven pounds. I’ve been at the same weight for awhile and I’m tired of it. Time to lose some pounds. My overall goal is 15 pounds (or 20 depending on how I feel/look at that point), but I’ll start with seven this month. I figured I’d put the ticker here to hold myself accountable.

Let’s see if I can meet both goals.