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I was having lunch with a good friend and investor named Emmett, recently. We talked about the current market and strategies we’re implementing, and we discussed what we see our other investor friends doing. One of those friends hasn’t done many deals lately because she got her start when the market was at the bottom. Now that the market is moving so much, she is afraid it will...
Ashley and I went up to Kentucky to see her side of the family for an early Thanksgiving. It was great. Her Dad lives in Pulaski County, and the mountains there are just beautiful. We spent our time riding the kids through those mountains on four wheelers and visiting with family we see only a few times a year. We came home the day before Thanksgiving. Traffic was tough....
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...
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...
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...