Financial Freedom One House At A Time
I was reading a thread online this week in which a real estate professional was questioning why an investor would create a company instead of running a sole proprietorship using their own name. That’s a great question. And for many real estate professionals, it could be somewhat confusing because we see a lot of brokerages named after their owners. Take one of the biggest names in realty today:…
I had an opportunity this week to evaluate some qualities one needs in order to be successful as a full-time investor or real estate professional. It started Monday morning as I was heading to the office for our weekly staff meeting. The project at forefront of my mind was completion of the rehab on a flip that was about to sell. We were running behind on it and…
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…
As I was going through the TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield International Airport, I got an opportunity to practice some principles I learned from Dale Carnegie in his book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” As we waited in the crazy long line at the security check, I noticed some of the TSA agents didn’t look thrilled to be at work. I decided to interfere with…
I’ve been blessed to have a great friend — but an even better mentor — by the name of Bill Cook. He’s the man who taught me most of what I know when it comes to property management, creative deal structuring and running a real estate investing business. And to this day, he challenges me to be better. You may be asking how Ashley and I earned the…
According to a recent article by businessinsider.com, 80 percent of New Years resolutions fail by the second week of February. By the time you’re reading this, it will be the third week of February. So let me ask you, how are you doing? Another article I read by Forbes said only 8 percent of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions. That’s staggering. I’ve never been a…
“The Ranger Regiment is the U.S. Army’s premier large-scale special operations force, and is made up of some of the most elite Soldiers in the world,” according to goarmy.com. For the past two and half years, I’ve had the pleasure of having a Ranger work for me. His name is Miles McGuire and he’s currently my project manager. During our time together, Miles has told me stories…
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…
For Ashley and me, 2012 was a big year. We became full time investors, but more importantly, it was the year we started our family. It was late December 2011, and I was painting a huge master closet in a house in Cartersville, when I received a message from Ashley with an image of a positive pregnancy test captioned “Congratulations Daddy.” With a surge of emotions, I immediately…
The other day, Ashley and I were shopping for appliances for a flip. Normally it’s not a big deal. We use the same stove, dishwasher and vent hood on almost every house. But this time, it was after Black Friday, and everything was on sale. We pointed out some different appliances we liked to the salesperson. But on each one, they tried to up-sell us. And each up-sell added…