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For the most part, people's perspectives on money fall into one of two categories. First, you have those who are so concerned about money that the put an inordinate amount of time and money into their work, sacrificing important facets of their lives to further their career. At the other extreme, you've got the people that claim not to care about money whatsoever-- disenchanted with the workaday world, these people tell themselves that they are perfectly fine without money in the bank.

"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" author Robert Kiyosaki cautions readers about this "slacker" attitude in his book "Cash Flow Quadrant," "Anyone who says money isn't important obviously has not been without it long,"

Kiyosaki should know-- he's been on both sides of the financial fence. In the '80s, he was so down-and-out that he spent a few weeks living in a car, before moving on to the basement of a friend, in which he lived for almost a year. He and his wife didn't have steady work, only odd jobs here and there, as they were looking for riches, not security.

Today, Robert Kiyosaki and his wife are millionaires.

While money is important, it isn't important in and of itself, and that is why Kiyosaki and his wife didn't rush out to look for the "good" jobs they both could have gotten. It's important because it provides for your basic needs and, if you have enough of it, it can give you time to be with your loved ones and do the things in life that truly make you happy.

No job will ever give you more time to spend with your friends and family. Your work, especially if it's important, high-paying work, will always force you to juggle your priorities.

At times it seems like a no-win situation; it takes so long to make the money you need in order to get what you want out of life that you'll never actually have the time to do the things you've always dreamed of. As an employee, this really can be an unanswerable problem; as an investor with money working for you, it's much easier to keep your priorities in order.

Kiyosaki seen been at that crossroads himself. "Money is important, but I did not want to spend my life working for it," he says in his Rich Dad series. Luckily he had the benefit of that rich dad's knowledge of how the financial world works to see him through.

He knew the secret to taking care of a family without having to devote one's entire life to one's work, and that secret is real estate investing.

As a real estate investor, you will be taking the money from the 'E' quadrant of Kiyosaki's famous diagram and transferring it to the 'I' quadrant. By doing this, you start your money working for you. By putting your money to work for you in this fashion, you've taken the first step toward a lifestyle in which work is not a necessity. Your money is making money and you didn't have to lift a finger for those extra dollars.

With real estate investing, you truly can have it both ways, making the money you would be making at a high-paying job (and more!) while your time remains free for... whatever you choose! Take care of your family, begin a new hobby, simply live life without stress and worry.

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