WIIRE 248: From $5,500 to Financial Freedom: How Kelsey Porter Calculated Her Escape Number

Podcast: Women Invest in Real Estate · Amelia McGee & Grace Gudenkauf

Opublikowano: 2026-09-14

This week we are joined once again by Kelsey Porter, who used real estate to build a life she actually wants to live. As an investor and realtor out of Des Moines, Kelsey traces how she went from “Is $8,000/month even possible?” to a lean, intentional 10‑door portfolio that pays for things like her wedding, travel, and future family plans. We talk about why financial freedom is a number, not a feeling, and how sitting down in 2020 with a simple spreadsheet—income in, expenses out—led Kelsey to her first financial freedom number of $8,000/month in cash flow. We s...