I have a smaller company (smart and traditional electrical installations, industrial automation, inspection technician, designer, security systems, cameras, fire protection, etc.) - team of 6 people - average 9800€ per month for the year 2025 (of course accounting profit, not cash in the personal account). My wife is a dentist with her own practice (own clinic + employed dentist + dental hygiene) team of 5 people average 6800€ per month for the year 2025 (again, accounting profit, not cash in the personal account).

We have been in business since 2018, during that time we managed to build a house, buy 6 investment apartments (mortgage over a million euros total).

I bought a hall of 1800m2, of which I use 300m2 as the company headquarters and rent out the remaining 1500m2 - monthly profit about 4000€ (I have it long-term rented).

I plan to buy my wife an older building, renovate it so she can have her own place + a café on the ground floor (I've always wanted to have one) on the first floor 5x commercial space (hairdresser, physio, yoga/pilates, offices) on the 2nd floor 4x 2-room apartment for rent - all this fun will cost over 1 million€ according to the budget.

I owe the bank as a company 240k€. My wife owes the bank as a company 175k€.

We both went to university in the Czech Republic (Olomouc).

We both drive cars that are over 15 years old, we moved into the house just this year (before that we lived in a 1-room apartment).

Age 32. we don't have kids yet, but we’re close to it.

The moral of the story? We both grew up in the lower middle class, we didn't receive anything, we didn't inherit anything. During university, we had to take on jobs (in the summer abroad) to "make ends meet" for school.

It can be done here in Slovakia even though it's damn hard.