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I was talking to one of our helpers while we were working together on a recent flip. I asked the 18 year old if he’d done any goal setting for the New Year. What he said next, I think, is all too common: “I don’t have time for goal setting. I’m too busy working.” How many of you have heard the saying, “Time is money?” I disagree with this statement wholeheartedly. Time is not money...
We’re buying a house over in Adairsville — one of those buy-it-in-less-than-a-week-type deals — which means that for things to move that quickly, everything has to line up just right. We got the house under contract Sunday, hoping to close it on Friday. Monday morning, my closing attorney ordered a title search. This is important for two reasons. No. 1, you need to...
I’m a firm believer in chiropractors, and I’ve been going to them since I was 5 years old. During that time, I have witnessed them do some remarkable things. I’ve seen them break fevers, stop vertigo, heal migraines and much more. One of the biggest of these things happened to me in Calhoun with Doctor Max Proctor. When I was 16, I was diagnosed with tendonitis in my right...
The phrase, “One size fits all,” is something that should never be applied to your contracts. It’s very important that your documents fit the individual deal you’re working on. If you get on the internet and get a generic contract, it may have verbiage in it that’s not compatible with the laws in your state. You don’t want that. Each time you write a contract, the situation...
I wish you could hear the voice of the character I have inside my head. It’s that of a Scotsman. I’m not sure if it’s from a cartoon I watched as a kid or if it was one of Robin Williams’ alter egos. Either way, when something unsavory would happen to the Scotsman, his expletive of choice was “Ah shillelaghly!” And with what we just learned on a current flip, I’m going to go with...