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Oh pool-ease

Oh pool-ease

  Ashley and I had a first recently. We bought a house with an in-ground pool in the backyard. Now we’ve bought houses with above-grounds pools many times. But that’s an easy situation to remedy. Depending on the style of pool, you can either take a razor knife to the side or post a picture of the pool on social media with a line that reads, “Free — come and get it.” Both scenarios are...

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The smartphone: an important investor tool

The smartphone: an important investor tool

  I went to pull my iPhone out of my pocket at a house the other day. My phone tumbled out of my fingers and began to topple toward the floor. I have pretty good reflexes, though, so I brought my right foot up and caught the phone in the same manner one would stall a soccer ball or hacky sack.   That particular action may sound odd for this situation, but I grew up playing both soccer...

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Moores Scary

Moores Scary

  Have you ever started on a property just knowing it was going to be a homerun? I know we have. One that sticks out in my memory was a 2,000-square-foot, three bedroom, three full bath, brick ranch on eight acres.   We purchased this house for $40,000 and did a jam up rehab, including custom tile, hardwoods and new counter tops. We put a new roof on it, installed a new HVAC system,...

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Contractor, oh contractor: Wherefore art thou contractor?

Contractor, oh contractor: Wherefore art thou contractor?

  I’m so sore right now. My hands hurt, I have bruises and cuts all over the place, and my back is killing me. This is all from doing something I haven’t done in a long time: I’ve been framing on a house.   Sometimes I get asked if having a contractor’s background has helped us in our investing career.   To begin with, it did. When it was just Ashley and me, I could do most of the...

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Mental quicksand

Mental quicksand

  So, I had an epic fail this week … in front of everybody.   We have a praise day at my congregation a couple of times a year. The praise offerings range from the reading of psalms and other verses that have spoken to the reader to recitations of poems — and then, of course, music.   I had planned to sing and play a special song on my guitar that had spoken to my heart.  ...

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