You can afford anything but not everything.

Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else, and that doesn't just

apply to your money.

That applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention.

Anything in your life that's a scarce or limited resource, saying yes to something implicitly

means that you're saying no to all other opportunities.

And that opens up two questions. First, what truly matters. Second, how do you align your

decision making to reflect that which truly matters?

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice, and that is what this podcast is

here to explore. My name is Paula Pat. I am the host of the Affordable Care Foundation

podcast. Every other episode, I answer questions that come from you, the community, and I do

so with my buddy, the former financial planner, Joe Salcihi. What's up, Joe?

Paula, I'm about to get into my happy place.

I think it's your happy place, too, isn't it? We get to talk with your community, answer

some questions, do a group hug, make some people some money, help them avoid traps.

Yes, exactly. Exactly. We get together and talk to people about financial literacy, about

building wealth, about making money, saving money, using their money better, not getting

ripped off. In fact, the first question that we're going to tackle.

Yeah, look at that segue.

This question that we're going to tackle comes from a guy named Nick who was wondering in

the world of real estate investing, how to not get ripped off. Here are the specifics of

his question.

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