In this episode, your host, Ann Reed, gets vulnerable and shares her personal story about money wounds, and how they've played a role in her journey as a real estate investor. Top takeaways from this episode are:
1. Your Money Story Shapes Your Investment Path
Ann opens up about the generational money patterns she inherited—and how recognizing those patterns helped her rewrite her financial future through real estate investing.
2. Real Estate Wasn’t Just the Plan—It Was the Breakthrough
When family needs collided with money fears, Ann and her husband used home equity to build an ADU—and unknowingly launched their real estate investing journey.
3. Equity Is Energy—Use It Wisely
Ann demystifies equity, showing how it can be a powerful, tax-free way to scale your portfolio when used strategically and responsibly.
4. Get In the Game—and Stay In It
Real wealth is built over time. The key isn’t a perfect market or background—it’s consistency and commitment to staying in the game.
5. Don’t Trade Your Life for Money—Design Both
For Ann, real estate is about more than income—it’s about freedom. Freedom to choose time with family, pursue joy, and live fully.
Want to learn more about real estate investing? Follow me on IG @annreedandco where I share daily musings on real estate, mindfulness, being an almost empty nester, and more.
Looking for additional support, community, and accountability to help you build your real estate portfolio? Hop on the waitlist for the Soulful Investor Society, a community membership for real estate investors and those who'd like to get in the game. Once on the waitlist, you'll be the first to know when the doors open AND you'll get lots of amazing freebies, including a FREE 1:1 coaching session with me, where we'll map out your plan from start to finish, so you can finally buy that investment property and scale your portfolio.
Helpful books mentioned on this episode.
Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza
https://drjoedispenza.com/product-details/Becoming%20Supernatural
Abundant Ever After by Cathy Heller
https://www.cathyheller.com/abundant-ever-after-book-1
The Mystic Jesus by Marianne Williamson
https://marianne.com/books/
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