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I wish you could hear the voice of the character I have inside my head. It’s that of a Scotsman. I’m not sure if it’s from a cartoon I watched as a kid or if it was one of Robin Williams’ alter egos. Either way, when something unsavory would happen to the Scotsman, his expletive of choice was “Ah shillelaghly!” And with what we just learned on a current flip, I’m going to go with...
I had a new investor named Sean ask me about my door knocking technique. Instead of trying to tell him, I invited him to come out with me one day. While we were out, we came across a vacant house to investigate. In situations like these, our first course of action is to talk to the neighbors. One neighbor said they had a hard time getting in touch with the vacant owners and that...
This has been the year of the septic system. So far we’ve put in three sets of field lines and had to learn what not to do on a lower pressure drip system. (After owning one for four years, we learned they have a filter that was supposed to be cleaned every six months. Not doing so overpressurized the low pressure system and literally blew holes in the yard. Yay!) All of our...
Ashley and I took the long way home over Dug Gap Mountain to Villanow and then home through Sugar Valley after a recent date night in Dalton. This route is very familiar to us since Ashley grew up in Villanow and that’s where we started our life together. Since the kids were with Memaw and Poppy, we really got to savor our trip down memory lane. Ashley and I not only started our...
How to make your top offer: When you’re looking to buy an investment property, it’s important not to get emotional while evaluating the deal. Let me warn you, failure to keep your emotions in check will cost you big time. Ask me how I know. One of the worst deals Ashley and I ever did was a result of us leaving our excitement unchecked. When we were new investors, we wanted so...