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How the Fourth Commandment will make you a successful investor It never fails: each time we start a new property a contractor will ask me why they can’t work for us on Saturdays. You see, our job sites shut down on Saturdays. That’s because I observe Sabbath from sundown on Friday night to sundown on Saturday night - and no it’s not because I’m Jewish. Believe it or not, I...
Investors need to have faith like potatoes: Since Ashley and I got married, I’ve been trying to grow potatoes - notice I said “try”- It’s been crazy: every year something happens. The first year I didn’t know you were supposed to mound. Mounding is when you put dirt around the stalk of the plant. If you mound as the plant grows, it stimulates the plant to produce more potatoes....
Appreciation I’m a huge fan of the Home Depot in Calhoun. I’m in there multiple times a week -sometimes a day. The people there are always friendly, knowledgeable and quick to help. I know most of the associates in there by name; they’re really a great group of people. I could elaborate, but for time sake, I would like to talk about what you can expect when using the pro...
I Am: I’d like to invite you into a night ritual my three year-old daughter and I share most evenings in her room. I lay her on my chest while we sing songs and pray. Before I lay her down, I ask her: “Are you beautiful? Are you funny? Are you strong? Are you fast? Are you smart? Are you a princess of Yahweh?” With her head on my chest, she’ll sweetly and...
What if I fall? The other day I was building a pole barn with a buddy of mine. In case you don’t know, a pole barn is a roof on stilts. It may or may not have a loft, but it defiantly won’t have sides. You use them to park an RV or store tractors and other farm equipment. The one we were working on was pretty big. It measured 36 by 40 feet. It was about 22 feet to the ground from the...