How To Build A Financial Moat With Real Estate

Ages ago, people lived in elaborate and magnificent castles that were often protected by moats. A moat is a wide, deep ditch dug around a castle to prevent enemies from overtaking the castle. By surrounding the castle with water, moats served as an effective deterrent and provided the castle with the security it needed to prosper. Today, many of us live in our own plain and simple financial castles that are much more vulnerable than the castles of yesterday. Not only do our financial castles not have any sort of moat for financial security, many real estate investors do not know how to build a moat to accumulate wealth and retain it. Why do most people today not have a financial moat? Why no financial security? Why are most people so financially vulnerable? We live in a culture that has brainwashed us into thinking that we should be paid per hour of work. If you are like most people, you have to work for a living. If you don't work, you don't get paid. You see, most people have "linear" income. So while linear income may be the way most people earn their paychecks, it is also the reason many of us cannot afford to retire. This type of income continues only as long as you continue to work.