Follow your Dream and Do What You Love to Do

by Lori
(Michigan, USA)

My husband and I are real estate rehabbers. We are into real estate investing and home improvements.

We are in our 50's and do all the remodeling work ourselves, we think of it as exercising for income.

My husband, he calls himself Joe the Rehabber, does all the work himself because that's what he loves to do. He's a skilled tradesman that says buying a house to fix up is fun when he doesn't have a boss, customer, or employees to deal with and, no worries of losing his work.

We have friends in their 80s doing the same. They say remodeling houses give them something to look forward to, keep them young, and their pockets full of extra spending money.

I do the creative stuff. Pick out colors, cabinets, tiles, floor coverings, window treatments, etc. When it's time to sell the house, I do the home staging and decorating.

We're building a website too, it's called ask-the-rehabber.com where we can connect with people doing what we do and sharing our stories. We have work that we enjoy and online friends that keep us young and fun.

Do what you love to do, then age doesn't matter.