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I was talking to one of our helpers while we were working together on a recent flip. I asked the 18 year old if he’d done any goal setting for the New Year. What he said next, I think, is all too common: “I don’t have time for goal setting. I’m too busy working.” How many of you have heard the saying, “Time is money?” I disagree with this statement wholeheartedly. Time is not money...
I’m a firm believer in chiropractors, and I’ve been going to them since I was 5 years old. During that time, I have witnessed them do some remarkable things. I’ve seen them break fevers, stop vertigo, heal migraines and much more. One of the biggest of these things happened to me in Calhoun with Doctor Max Proctor. When I was 16, I was diagnosed with tendonitis in my right...
On a recent workday, I walked out of the door of a house we’d purchased the previous week and got into my truck. To quote Peg from the PBS show my kids watch, “Peg + Cat,” “I’m free-e-king out!” When I arrived at the house, we found it was still completely full – as in, the seller hadn’t moved yet. You see, they’d had until the day before to have all their personal property...
Ashley and I just got back from the “What Box” seminar on creative deal structuring presented by Bill Cook and Pete Fortunato. It was great, but I’m not going to lie – by the time we got through with class, my brain was numb. On the car ride home, we talked about the “aha” moments we’d had. One of the things I learned was there’s a difference between deed ownership and tax...
My son just had his fifth birthday and consequently came into some money. To a 5 year old, $30 feels like a fortune. As we were riding in the car one day, Seph began to contemplate what he should do with all that cash. At 5, he already knows to tithe. But he questioned what he should do with the other $27. He asked me what I thought, and I told him I’d have to ponder...