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The other day, Ashley and I were driving in the mountains of Tennessee. As we came into town, we stopped on a bridge that over looked a beautiful mountain river. Ashley said, “Joey! Look at the size of that buzzard!” I looked over to see a very large, dark bird in the trees over the river. Strangely, it had white tail feathers. I asked Ashley had she ever seen a buzzard with a...
When you put a house under contract to buy, you enter into a period known as “due diligence”. This gives you have a few days to check out the property. If you don’t like what you see, you can walk away with no questions asked. Most buyers will send a home inspector out to look at the house and an exterminator to check for termites. If you are purchasing the property as an investment, you...
A friend recently told me about a company with a cool concept. They catch phrase is, “turn worthless dollars into gold”. “Worthless dollars” makes reference to the U.S. dollar no longer being backed by gold. The company allows its customers to buy gold one gram at a time for $60. This makes the concept of owning gold attainable for the masses. As I am writing this, gold is running just...
When starting on the journey of real estate investing, it’s hard to figure out which way you should go. It make’s it even harder when you have little to no money. This was the problem Ashley and I had experienced. We were broke. I mean flat broke. Like I was going door to door with my pressure washer trying to get up enough work for grocery money kind of broke. We didn’t know how we were...
It’s that time of year again. You’re evaluating last year’s goals, setting new ones and planning for the future. New Years means a new beginning. Before you get too involved in the goals themselves, have you asked yourself why you are setting them? “That is easy Joey… I am going to loose weight so I can be in better shape.” I am all about this kind of goal. But to me,...