Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

Time is Greater than Money

10 Oct 2022 · 0 min

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In this segment of his YouTube video, Christian Osgood challenges the common mindset of entering real estate solely to make money. He argues that money without a purpose is unhelpful and that most people’s financial ambitions are actually rooted in family‑related goals—such as retiring a parent, providing for a spouse, or supporting children. Osgood distills these varied objectives into a single underlying purpose: buying back time. By framing wealth as a tool to reclaim personal freedom rather than an end in itself, he encourages viewers to clarify deeper motivations before pursuing real‑estate investments.

Now if you're one of the people who are trying to get into real estate to make money, and I hear this a lot, like, what is your goal? Well, I just, I love money, I want to make more money. Not helpful. The money has to be for something. There's a lot of different goals that you can have. A lot of people who have solid goals have family goals. Cody wanted to retire his mother, I wanted to retire my wife. I have people who want to provide for family members, parents, kids, but the goal is always to buy back time.