Joe, you sold your company when you were 40. Before you did that, did you go through just one more year

syndrome? I did not because it came at me out of the blue. I mean, the idea sounds ridiculous.

You're entering your peak earning years and now I'm going to sell my company. Like, what are you doing?

Why would you do that? But then I realized because of the reasons why this mentor mine had done this,

he was 39, why he had done this at that age, I realized I wasn't chasing purpose.

Or I was chasing it the wrong way. And there was probably a better way to do that.

There was a lot of angst, but pulled the trigger on what, you know, many might think was a

look like a dumb move at the time. Yeah, you know, many might think was a, look like a dumb move

at the time. Yeah, you know, and that's, the end can sometimes be scarier than the start, right? The

finish line is scarier than the starting line. Starting line's full of possibility.

Finish line is like, oh, really. Yeah, do I close this door? Exactly. And so we are going to talk today to a caller who has

that conundrum. How about that? Weird. In fact, this particular caller initially called us back in

February of 2025 and is now calling back with an update. So we're going to hear from her.

We're also going to hear from somebody who wants to

know about the rule of 72 and how that should be used in planning. And we're going to hear from

someone who's got a question about rental properties. Welcome to the Afford Anything podcast,

the show that knows you can afford anything, not everything. This show covers five pillars,

financial psychology, increasing your

income, investing, real estate and entrepreneurship, acronym Double I Fire. I'm your host, Paula Pant,

I trained in economic reporting at Columbia. Every other episode ish, I answer questions from you,

and I do so with my buddy, the former financial planner, Joe Sal C-high. What's up, Joe?

I had a really cool morning today, Paula. What'd you do? It was awesome. Somebody

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