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‘Someday’ On a recent trip, I pulled off the highway and into a mom-and-pop filling station called the Sunset Gas & Grill. It was just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas. I always thought filling station wasn’t an adequate way to describe such establishments because you don’t just fill there — you empty as well. And I really needed to. I pulled alongside the pump in a...
Walking a mortgage I will never forget that day. I was on my way down to Atlanta to attend Gary Johnston’s Financial Freedom Principle’s seminar. As I was driving, I was listening to another course that featured speakers like Jack Miller, Peter Fortunato, Jimmy Napier and Clyde Wilson. I pulled up to the Financial Freedom event, and I walked in and found Kim Cook, the wonderful...
A Jillian Dollars Let me ask you a question: What would you do with a jillian dollars? Before I give you my answer, I wanted to tell you a joke. Recently we heard a broadcast come in over the TV that said that six Brazilian workers were injured in a training exercise. My daughter looked up at me with a look of concern and said, “That’s terrible. How many is a Brazilian?” ...
Four Piggy Banks My oldest son, Seph, turned nine this month, and he racked up this year with birthday cards, most of which had money in them. And when the dust settled, my boy had amassed a wealth of $60, which is more money than he has ever had in his possession. The first day after his birthday he wanted to spend some of his money. He has been playing this video game called...
Why you need a bill of sale at closing We recently bought a land home deal, which is a mobile home being sold with land. We call it a land home deal because you can buy just the trailer and not the land. This takes place in a mobile community or somewhere else where you own the home but rent the lot it sits on. Buying a mobile home on a rented lot was something we used to do all...