Gonna get sappy for a min. I've spent an hour and plan on spending a lot more time watching your videos and getting to know you, so I like to have you know a bit about me too because it's less weird that way.

I'm a computer guy by trade, but I love, love real estate. We flipped homes for a few years starting in 2017 till the market became too expensive and saturated with investors to make good margins or find good deals. We built (through a developer) our first home in 2019 when we had our first kid and were waiting for our second to arrive. We have three now, two sons 3 and 4, and a 10 month old girl. We finished our basement ourselves as an apartment that covers our mortgage. Which is great because I work for a super stable company that stays stable by not giving raises, so I'm on the same income I've been on since 2017, before kids.

I can do hands-on stuff, and I really actually love it, even though I wasn't raised that way. But I have a lot of challenges that make it a little harder. I mentioned my mind as one. On top of that, I've had six surgeries in the last two years, five of which in 2022, all but two on my wrists and hands. I'm still in recovery for the last two, knee scopes for arthritis. So I can't really get around very well at the moment. I did sit on the floor and help a bit last night with the bench and really enjoyed it, then had to spend an hour icing my knees.

DIY stuff is something I love if I can find the time, get over my mind and when my body permits. I'm 36 and have the health problems of someone twice my age. I often ask God why He set me up this way, but I keep my chin up and do my best with what I have. I think there's a reason I was blessed with a wife who is hands-on and can do all the things I struggle to do. She's basically been a single parent the last year or so because seven months of 13 I've been recovering from some surgery that has made it impossible to do a lot. So like you said it's a team effort, I do what I can as often as I can. The biggest trap I have to work hard to stay away from is the victim mentality. As soon as I start thinking wo is me I know I have to shut up and find something to do that is for my wife or kids to get out of my own head and stop that negative feedback loop in its tracks.