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What does a day look like? I’m often asked what a typical day looks like for a full-time investor. This is a hard thing to answer because any given day can be different. But to give you some insight as to the possibilities, let me tell you about yesterday. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. (that’s not a typo.) The reason I get up so early is so I can get woken up enough to be at Calhoun Spine...
It’s not what you make, but what you keep that matters. How many of you have heard stories about lottery winners who win it big, only to lose everything in a short period of time? I was reading a web article on this subject recently and it was mind blowing. The article went through many stories of how different people had won millions, only to lose it in 10 years or less. One guy won $31...
Be careful where you get advice Ashley and I went to a baby shower this week for some of our good friends Dorsie and Jimmy Kuni. Dorsie was absolutely glowing. This will be their first, and as any good friend who already has kids should do, I asked Jimmy if he was excited or just plain scared. He laughed, and we joked about Owen Wilson’s line from “Armageddon” right before they...
Prioritize and execute For the last two weeks, I’ve been on my eighth reading of a book called “Extreme Ownership, How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. (Well, technically I’m not reading it. The authors are reading it to me via Audible. But this is the eighth time I have listened to it.) This book is awesome. The authors, Jocko and Leif, are two Navy...
What is a market inversion? Are you familiar with the term market inversion? If not, that’s OK. I wasn’t until recently. But as real estate investors, you need to understand what it is, and more importantly, what it means for the current and upcoming real estate market. First off, let me give a quick overview as to what market inversion is from my understanding, and then I’ll tell...