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Knock on the door of success: It’s that time of year again. It’s time to evaluate last year, to celebrate your successes and investigate where you need to improve. Once that’s done, you can move on to the all-important task of setting goals for 2017. Are you excited? Something I love about this time of year is that personal development goes into overdrive. If you’re like me, you’re...
Work to learn, not to earn: There are concepts that have truly life-altering effects. For us, the idea of working to learn, not to earn was one of them. This notion came from a book we read called “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. If you’ve never read that book, please do. It’ll change the way you look at money, your job and investing forever. In the book, Robert talks...
Mom and Dad got one: I’m so proud of my mom and dad. They just bought their very first income producing property – and they did it very creatively. In early fall 2005, my mom and dad broke ground on a house. At the time, my brother-in-law, Michael, was their builder with myself and two other friends making up his crew. We had a track record of building custom homes in a gated...
“Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be broke kids” When meeting with sellers, your No. 1 goal should be to solve real estate problems. You should tell them something like, “I’m about to ask you some crazy questions. That’s because my job isn’t necessarily to buy your house; it’s to solve real estate problems.” I even tell them that allowing me to buy their house may not...
The secret formula to investing success “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” -Thomas Edison I’ve been blessed to know and have relationships with some truly great investors. One family in particular adopted Ashley and me as their real estate kids. You always hear great things about these people, and they’re very well known in the...