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Are You Doing What You Always Did? As I’m writing this, it’s the beginning of October. That means three quarters of 2026 are over, and we have but three months left. What are you going to do about it? Now, I didn’t mean for that to sound ominous. Instead, I meant for it to be a call to action. We still have three months left, and a lot can be done. And of those things, I believe...
How we did our first deal When Ashley and I realized we needed to make our living as real estate investors, it was 2009. We were freshly married, just out of college and didn’t have two nickels to rub together. To put it bluntly, we were completely broke. On top of not being able to find jobs that fit with our bachelor’s degrees, we had a mound of student debt looming over our...
Oh B-1 can no beat. That title was supposed to sound like the Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi. Yeah I know it’s a stretch, but bear with me. The reason I chose that title is because B-1 is the lot number of a Lonnie Deal we have down in Acworth. And I want to tell you about it because, to reference Star Wars again, “the force is strong in this one.” Sorry, I couldn’t resist....
Today is a bittersweet day. We had a Lonnie Deal payoff for the very first time in over six years. It’s bitter because we just lost the $275 income stream this deal was paying us and now we have to go out and replace that money. It’s sweet because I just got a text from my good friend named Mike Hicks. Mike’s a smart investor up in the Rossville area. Recently, his beautiful wife, Teah,...
Lonnie Deals are financial boomerangs: I want to tell you about one of my favorite deal structures: the Lonnie Deal. That’s when an investor buys a mobile home on a rented lot for cash and resells it, offering owner financing to the buyer. The reason I love them so much is they fit into any investor’s portfolio at any experience level. They work especially well for beginning...