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Why using a lease option is a good idea I am starting to feel old ya’ll, and it’s not because I’m about to be 41 years old. Granted, I am in a strange age spot. I often make song, show, and movie references from my childhood that the people a little older than I am may or may not get, but the people younger than I am often have no idea to what I am referring. As a matter of fact, it’s a...
Comparison can kill your goals How did you celebrate the New Year? I got together with 28 friends in Calhoun and just let it all out. And you know, you kind of keep track of what everyone is doing when you are at one of those types of get togethers. I saw some people who thought three was enough. I saw others who had a six-pack. And then there were those few with a high tolerance that had...
You need to know where you are This week I went to help a friend at his house in Blue Ridge. And let me say this, there are a lot of winding roads out there. Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful. But if you don’t know your way around, you could end up in a ditch or something worse like hanging off the side of the mountain. After our visit, I headed home. But I asked if there was a better...
A Landlords Tale ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Now you know that’s not true, cause children of four have we, And there’s nary a moment of silence, especially in the evening. At 8 o’clock my daughter was baking cookies for the next day’s feast, And the two littles were roaming the halls making sounds of some...
Stop digging Have you ever heard the old adage “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging?” Well, that’s great advice, especially for real estate investors because if you are in this business any length of time there’s a good possibility you’ll find yourself looking up from hole. So what do you do about it? That was a question I got asked this week from a Zoom panel in which I...