I was watching a news program recently when on came Sir Richard Branson. I find him such an inspiring entrepreneur and so my ears pricked up. 

Sir Branson was talking about how he suffers from dyslexia and has trouble understanding some information. He went on to tell the story of at the age of 50 after building up Europe's largest group of companies, he was sitting in a board meeting when results were being discussed and he looked up from the spread sheet and asked if that was good or bad result?  

We are moving away from 9-5 and Monday to Friday work to a "work when, where and how is appropriate model" according to Morris Miselowski  of Business Futurist http://businessfuturist.com/ a forward thinker and forecaster.

In this new world, he says many of us will have 6 careers and 14 jobs, work into our 80's and have a "work portfolio" rather than a "job".

There are times in the development process that just seem to drag on and on. One of these irritating drawn out processes is the period after the Development Application (DA) and Construction Certificate (CC) are approved but before construction can commence.

After the approvals are received, our clients are then able to finalise their construction loan. Prior to this they have received a preapproval from their bank. For their construction loan to be unconditionally approved, the bank requires all supporting documentation.  This includes stamped plans, consents, signed builder's contract and insurance along with other personal documentation confirming your income.

Mother's day always makes me reflect not just on my beautiful family but also on where I'm at on my property investment and business journey. You see I started investing when I was pregnant with my first son and launched Property Bloom, my development project management business just after he was born.

He's turning fourteen this year and my youngest will be eight soon. Setting up an investment portfolio, running a family and a business has been my labour of love during this time and I've had a good time with it.  

Recently I've had to really think about my future. Due to a change in my personal circumstances I had to sit down and review my life's road trip plan to retirement.

The road trip I had been on whilst full of many great things, also had some very bumpy bits and even a few dangerous conditions. Despite this, along the way I'd been able to build up a portfolio of five investment properties.