Warning, I do not view guru types in a favorable light. I never have and 2008 reinforced that view. Continue reading if you wish, but remember, this is my opinion.
In an earlier post, I talked about 2008 being a year of experiments. One of those experiments was to see if I could help people wanting [...]
I have mentored many over my career and been mentored by many. Personally, I have never paid for any mentoring I have received and have never directly charged for any mentoring I have given. In fact, I have mentored many without any strings or expectations of any gain.
However, there is a disparity in the success [...]
The Field Guide for Investors has served a very important purpose in my investing life over the last 15+ years. However, it has gone through times of benign neglect on my part while I was caring for Ann. During that time, it morphed into something that wasn’t “bad” but it wasn’t what I had envisioned [...]
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Reese here again, earlier this month I posted about the apartment building I was buying in Dekalb County, Georgia. Everything is going nicely and the closing is scheduled for August 9, 2008. I am very excited.
With Tim’s help, I lined up a great manager to watch over the property and I am lookinge very forward [...]
I was talking on the phone with an old friend I had not heard from since I left Seattle Washington over 20 years ago. They found me through this blog, so I know they will read this. But, to them it is mostly a repeat of our conversation.
After some small talk, they asked me how [...]
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It has been a month since I last posted here, but it has been a busy month!
In my earlier posts Tim asked me to stay vague about the type of properties I was looking at and I did as he asked.
Now, I am very close to getting a signed purchase contract for an 18 unit [...]
Continue reading about With Tim’s help, I am negotiating my first purchase.
Real Estate Investing is Hard Work
Yes, I know I am preaching to the choir, but you may not remind yourself of it often enough and you can bet those watching you don’t consider it to be work. They probably think you just rake in the cash while doing little more than convincing the little old [...]
In early 2007 I wrote an article for the Field Guide for Investors asking how a gas price of $5 would affect real estate investors. This was at a time when gas was about $2 a gallon. The interesting thing is while many were very skeptical we would see that kind of gas price any [...]
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I have been lurking and posting at various forums looking for a very specific person.
The person I was looking for is…
New to investing
Average resources
Little (preferably ZERO) consumer debt
Holds a job
Does not see a job as something for losers
Not afraid of hard work
Willing to learn
Ethical beyond question
A self-starter and self-motivator
Able to complete tasks with little or [...]
I woke up this morning to a a bunch of email to scan through. That is not unusual but this email was. I have included the text without the signature.
Tim, thank you for putting me in touch with the Sub2 Brothers. They were able to help me get my recent investment fiasco straightened out. I [...]
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