About

Here's what I'm all about...

Hey friend, I'm Shu Matsuo Post, the founder of Post FI. Thanks for stopping by!

You might know me as the author of I Took Her Name, a best-selling book on my journey into vulnerability, authenticity and feminism. 

But I'm also a business coach and educator, where I teach people how to achieve financial freedom through real estate investing.

Have you ever asked yourself:

• "Is it possible for me to achieve financial freedom from real estate investing?"
• "I'm busy enough as it is with work/school/family. Do I really need to hustle to build a real estate portfolio like everyone says?"
• "How can I build and grow a real estate business that actually gives me income but freedom and flexibility?
• "Where do I even start to invest in real estate?"

If so, then you've come to the right place!

Whether you've already started investing in real estate but just aren't seeing your goals, or you hate your job but are overwhelmed by the idea of stepping out on your own and starting a real estate business, I can help you.

The "Normal" Life

I was never the entrepreneur or investor type.

I always thought the way to become wealthy was to go to school and get a good job. So I went to school and got a job. I worked hard and climbed up the corporate ladder, got an MBA, and kept getting jobs with higher salaries.

I started making a 6-figure salary from my job in my early 30s.

Back then, I didn't have kids. I devoted myself into my work trying to get the next promotion.

But deep in my heart, I knew I couldn't continue working like this. I wanted to build wealth but also the freedom and autonomy to do what I truly love doing.

I knew something needed to change. I knew I couldn't just rely on my job to live the way I wanted to live.

7-Month Paternity Leave

Around that time, my wife and I talked about starting a family. She wanted to take a year off from work and I wanted to be with her and our newborn as much as possible. But how will we financially support ourselves if both of us stopped working for that long?

Instead of compromising the length of our parental leave, we kept asking ourselves "how"? How can we continue to live our lifestyle during our leave without financial worries? We needed passive income, a stream of money that keeps coming without us working or not.

We studied everything about investing. We started index fund investing but that wasn't going to give us enough dividends to live off of for a year.

And then, we stumbled upon real estate investing. It's the way to build passive income and achieve financial independence.

I read and listened to everything I could about real estate investing.

After 6 months, we bought our first property. We bought 3 more properties in the first 9 months of investing. 

After 2 years into our investing, we generated enough passive income for us to feel OK about taking extended parental leave. My wife took a year and I took 7 months.

No More 9-5

During my 7-month leave from my full-time job, I experienced the kind of freedom I never felt. What if I could take time off whenever and however long I want? What would my life look like?

I came back to my job but my heart wasn't in it. Something was different within me. I left the job and got a new job a few months later. It was a managing director level position leading the Japan entity of a start up based in South East Asia.

It was a good mixture of a stable job and an exciting venture. 

But I was still dedicating a huge chunk of my life into building someone else's dream.

I knew I wanted to to start my own venture eventually but I was too scared to fail. Plus, I liked the stability that comes from a steady paycheck too much!

But then, I got let go.

The parent company decided to fold the Japan entity so I lost my job. So did everyone else on my team.

This was the lowest point in my career.

Here I was, blessed to be healthy, able and highly educated with an MBA. But I couldn't keep a job for a year.

I had an option to go back to the corporate world and get another 6-figure job.

But something inside of me kept telling me "no." It was telling me to do what scares me, which is to say goodbye to the corporate world forever.

Helping Others Achieve Financial Freedom

The reason why I was able to listen to my heart and take a leap into entrepreneurship is because of real estate investing. I'm extremely fortunate to be able to say this but I don't need to work for money any more. I work because I want to. I do the work I do because I feel engaged in life by serving others.

The passive income from our real estate investing now has surpassed the active income from my job.

Am I special? Did I figure out some magic formula?

Nope.

All I've done for the past few years is investing in cash-flowing assets.

And truthfully, that's what financial freedom comes down to.

You don't have to have millions of dollars to buy properties. You can get started with less than $100K.

Now, I teach others do the same so they can spend more time doing what matters to them.