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In the zone — but not the right zone You can’t trust government websites. Ask me how I know. Better yet, I’ll just tell you. We’re currently working on a project that has a house sitting on 4.5 acres in a nice country setting. That sounds quaint, doesn’t it? It’s a good area and will make someone a great home. But something we realized is that the extra acreage does not increase the value...
Financial Freedom of Religion We just got back from The Feast of Tabernacles. And if you aren’t familiar with what that is, it’s a biblical holiday where Yahweh commands the children of Israel to dwell in tents for 7 days to remind them of the time they spent in the wilderness. (If you want to check it out in the scriptures, you can find this in Leviticus 23:33-44.) In other words, each...
Did I mess up? “I don’t believe this is going to work.” That is what the soil analysis guy, named Doug, told me as we were trapesing through the property we just purchased. And as we walked back, all I could think was, “Did I mess up?” That’s a sinking feeling. This house was one I’ve told you about in the past. It was the house that had a title flaw on it and in order to get rid...
Stop digging Have you ever heard the old adage “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging?” Well, that’s great advice, especially for real estate investors because if you are in this business any length of time there’s a good possibility you’ll find yourself looking up from hole. So what do you do about it? That was a question I got asked this week from a Zoom panel in which I...
Camp Yahweh Did you know that there is a ton about real estate, and even real estate investing, written in the Bible? There sure is. For instance: The oldest recorded deed that I’m aware of is found in the Bible. Now I wrote to you about this a long time ago. As a matter of fact, it was in 2016. So just to remind you, the column was titled “The oldest recorded deed” and it was based on...